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Street meeting (1st of 2)

Street meeting

In one of the earliest photographs of Wellington, around 1859, a group of women and children gather in Thorndon’s Hobson Street. The denuded hill in the background is Mt Victoria.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, Crawford Family Collection
Reference: PA1-f-019-25-3

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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Chris Maclean. 'Wellington places', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, updated 21-Sep-11
URL: http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/wellington-places/4/2/1