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Lumsden mural

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Lumsden mural

Lumsden was an important railway junction, with tracks leading to Kingston, Gore, Invercargill and Mossburn. The railway is now gone, but this mural on the station building recalls the old days.

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David Grant, Southland places – Northern Southland, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/20183/lumsden-mural (accessed 10 June 2026).

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