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Port Chalmers, 1950s

Port Chalmers, 1950s

Port Chalmers, Dunedin in the 1950s – a traditional port scene with ships lying alongside narrow finger wharves. The most prominent vessel is the Port Auckland, constucted in 1949.

Compare this scene to the port in 2006

Credit:

Alexander Turnbull Library
Reference: 1/1-003384-G
Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Matauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any reuse of this image.

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