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Kōpuawhara No. 4 camp

Kōpuawhara No. 4 camp

Kōpuawhara No. 4 camp

Photographed on 17 February 1938, two days before the disaster, this works camp was built on a small area of flat land. The bed of the Kōpuawhara Stream is to the left of the camp. As the river flats were a few metres above the level of the river, it seemed a safe site.

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Alexander Turnbull Library
Reference: 1/2-61445; F

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Matauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.




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