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Pipers in Princes Street

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Pipers in Princes Street
In this 1883 illustration, bagpipers in Scottish dress parade along Dunedin’s Princes Street en route to the New Year’s Day Highland games at the Caledonian Ground, south of the city. The premises of local drapers and importers Brown, Ewing & Co. can be seen on the left.

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Reference: Illustrated New Zealand News, 3 September 1883

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Malcolm McKinnon, Otago region – Overview, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/artwork/22606/pipers-in-princes-street (accessed 10 June 2026).

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