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Story: Otago region

Hillside railway workshops

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Hillside railway workshops

The Hillside railway workshops were Dunedin’s single largest enterprise and employer. Extending across a large tract of land between Hillside Road and the main trunk line, they drew their labour force mostly from the surrounding suburbs of southern Dunedin.

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Hocken Collections, University of Otago

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Malcolm McKinnon, Otago region – Workers until 1920, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/22663/hillside-railway-workshops (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Malcolm McKinnon, published 18 August 2009, updated 1 May 2015.