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Story: Suburbs

Cable car, around 1940

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Cable car, around 1940

Cable cars such as this one in the hillside suburb of Roslyn, Dunedin, opened up new areas for development.

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Hocken Collections, University of Otago

Reference: S05-249a

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Mark Derby, Suburbs – The role of transport, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/25057/cable-car-around-1940 (accessed 24 June 2026).

Story by Mark Derby, published 4 February 2010.