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[No print]. Missing.

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350 x 250 mm. No print.

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195 x 139 mm. A view showing the growth of the town outwards from the harbour. Small wooden houses line the road at the left of the picture, while buildings are starting to take hold along the roads leading up through the hills. Probably by William Meluish.

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190 x 141 mm. A view taken from the hill overlooking Princes Street, and showing the waterfront. At the left a small part of the inadequate Dunedin jetty can be seen with Princes Street following the course of the waterfront. Probably by William Meluish. It was amongst the conglomeration of houses at the nearer end of the street that Meluish had his studio.

Scope and Contents 195 x 144 mm. A similar view to Y3089B/2, and showing the building that has taken place in two years. The most conspicuous new constructions visible here are the two stone buildings at the nearer end of Princes Street. The one on the left, only half completed, is the Medical Hall. Behind it and near the fence, what looks like a greenhouse roof, is, according to Hardwicke Knight (‘Photography in New Zealand’, p 45) the skylight of the studio of the Dunedin photographer, James Wilson. Probably...

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191 x 140 mm. A view looking down on the town centre, showing the grid pattern of its plan, with small domestic dwellings scattered on the hillsides outside the centre. The plan for Dunedin was drawn up by Charles Kettle, a veteran explorer of New Zealand, who arrived at Otago in 1846.

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196 x 145 mm. A view showing Queen Street in the foreground with the city and harbour beyond.

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Landscape format. Looking north and showing First Church [New Zealand].

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Landscape format. Looking east to fountain.

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Landscape format. Looking south.

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195 x 144 mm. A view looking up the drive towards the clubhouse, a large residence with balconies on each floor. Designed by David Ross and built in 1868, it was originally the home of John John, a Waikouaiti whaler turned merchant.

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Four black and white photographs of Smedley's attendance at the festival, at an event featuring vintage motor cars and motorcycles. A news cutting from 'The Evening Star', 26 Jan. 1978, reporting the hatching of the first chick at the albatross colony is also included.

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350 x 250 mm. No print.

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Panoramic view of Dunedin, in ten sections, mounted on linen roll, each 244 x 225 mm. Photographer not known, but it is likely to have been either Joseph Perry or William Meluish.

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265 x 360 mm. An exterior view of the First Church, designed by R.A. Lawson and built between 1867-1873. Generally considered one of the finest churches in New Zealand, it is built in a restrained Gothic style in Oamaru stone, with a 175 foot spire.

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361 x 265 mm. A view looking down on to the road which runs through the valley, with a few small farms and houses on either side.

Scope and Contents 361 x 265 mm. An exterior view of this plastered brick building in Italianate style, with four small loggia, topped square towers at the corners, and larger towers at the centre of the two larger facades. The building was originally constructed for the 1865 exhibition and was designed by William Mason. It was originally intended to convert the building into a market, but the authorities changed their minds. This explains the closed arcades on the ground floor, originally intended as a...

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355 x 265 mm. A view looking down along the valley road, with farms and cultivated land on either side.

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35 x 260 mm. A view from the street corner outside the Knox Church, a single storey building designed by R.A. Lawson and completed in 1876.

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