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Synagogue, Dunedin

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Synagogue, Dunedin

This late-19th-century postcard shows the magnificent Jewish synagogue in Dunedin's Moray Place. This building replaced a smaller synagogue built in 1864. In 1967 a new synagogue was constructed near Otago University.

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Hocken Collections, University of Otago

Reference: S10-139h

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Permission of the Hocken Collections Uare Taoka o Hakena, University of Otago, must be obtained before any re-use of this image. Further information may be obtained from the Library through its website.

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Paul Morris, Diverse religions – Jews, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/32277/synagogue-dunedin (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Paul Morris, published 30 June 2011.