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Invercargill looking north

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Invercargill looking north

Invercargill was thriving when this shot was taken in May 1955. In the foreground is Otakaro Park and the water tower; behind are the larger Queens Park, the northern suburbs of Avenal and Gladstone, and the suburb of Windsor, at right. The Tākitimu Mountains lie in the distance, across the Southland plains.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, Whites Aviation Collection

Reference: WA-37980

by Leo Lemuel White

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David Grant, Southland places – Invercargill, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/20156/invercargill-looking-north (accessed 11 June 2026).

Story by David Grant, published 2 March 2009, updated 25 May 2015.