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Architettura Tardoromancia

    Burns Hall - Mrs Lindsay Mackie

    On left side of door to Burns Hall, Dunedin. On right side of the door is plaque laid by Miss BurnsTranscription:This stone was laid by Mrs Lindsay Mackie 6th April 1907H. Lyders BuilderJ. L....

    On left side of door to Burns Hall, Dunedin. On right side of the door is plaque laid by Miss BurnsTranscription:This stone was laid by Mrs Lindsay Mackie 6th April 1907H. Lyders BuilderJ. L....

    • new zealand
    • aotearoa
    • dunedin
    • otepoti
    • burns hall
    • 1907

    Kathleen Jane Gilkison seat

    This site contains this seat and plaque, the George Simpson seat and plaque, and a direction indicator on a plinth with the 1954 Royal Visit Direction Indicator plaque.Transcription:The Kathleen...

    This site contains this seat and plaque, the George Simpson seat and plaque, and a direction indicator on a plinth with the 1954 Royal Visit Direction Indicator plaque.Transcription:The Kathleen...

    • new zealand
    • aotearoa
    • dunedin
    • otepoti
    • gilkison
    • seat

    1954 Royal Visit Direction Indicator

    This site contains this plaque and the direction indicator on a plinth, the Kathleen Jane Gilkison seat and plaque, and the George Simpson seat and plaque.Transcription:This direction indicator...

    This site contains this plaque and the direction indicator on a plinth, the Kathleen Jane Gilkison seat and plaque, and the George Simpson seat and plaque.Transcription:This direction indicator...

    • new zealand
    • aotearoa
    • dunedin
    • otepoti
    • amenities society
    • dunedin city
    • council
    • royal visit
    • 1954

    The George Simpson seat

    This site has this George Simpson seat and plaque, the Kathleen Jane Gilkison seat and plaque and the 1954 Royal Visit Direction Indicator and plaque.Transcription:The George Simpson seatSubmitted...

    This site has this George Simpson seat and plaque, the Kathleen Jane Gilkison seat and plaque and the 1954 Royal Visit Direction Indicator and plaque.Transcription:The George Simpson seatSubmitted...

    • new zealand
    • aotearoa
    • dunedin
    • otepoti
    • simpson
    • seat

    Margaret Palmerton

    "The little rivet that held us together"[Location approximate]

    "The little rivet that held us together"[Location approximate]

      Alexander Square

      Submitted by @jqmcd

      Submitted by @jqmcd

        Moran State Park

        MORAN STATE PARK DEDICATED TO THE STATE OF WASHINGTON BY ROBERT MORAN, JULY 16, 1921 FOR YOUR PLEASURE AND CARE. NO KILLING OR FIRES. THIS ARCH WAS DESIGNED & BUILT BY ROBERT MORAN  

        MORAN STATE PARK DEDICATED TO THE STATE OF WASHINGTON BY ROBERT MORAN, JULY 16, 1921 FOR YOUR PLEASURE AND CARE. NO KILLING OR FIRES. THIS ARCH WAS DESIGNED & BUILT BY ROBERT MORAN

        • no killing or fires
        • moran
        • arch

        The Hollanders' Graves

        The plaque simply reads, "The Hollanders' Graves" The Battle of Ronas Voe was a naval engagement between the English Royal Navy and the Dutch East India ship Wapen van Rotterdam on 14 March 1674...

        The plaque simply reads, "The Hollanders' Graves" The Battle of Ronas Voe was a naval engagement between the English Royal Navy and the Dutch East India ship Wapen van Rotterdam on 14 March 1674...

        • grave
        • mass grave
        • memorial
        • dutch
        • war grave
        • wapen van rotterdam
        • voc
        • shetland
        • ronas voe
        • heylor
        • third anglo-...
        • 1674
        • dutch east indiaman

        Dunedin Ward Block

        Found in the foyer of Dunedin Public Hospital Transcription:The Dunedin Hospital Ward Block with its Medical School facilities was opened by Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent on the 10th day...

        Found in the foyer of Dunedin Public Hospital Transcription:The Dunedin Hospital Ward Block with its Medical School facilities was opened by Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent on the 10th...

        • new zealand
        • dunedin
        • hospital
        • 1980
        • opening
        • aotearoa

        Robert Gilkison

        On a stone seat, on the public path, on the Belleknowes Golf CourseTranscription:In memory of ROBERT GILKISON Glasgow 1862 - Dunedin 1942 Let light perpetual shine upon him.Submitted by:Judith Swan

        On a stone seat, on the public path, on the Belleknowes Golf CourseTranscription:In memory of ROBERT GILKISON Glasgow 1862 - Dunedin 1942 Let light perpetual shine upon him.Submitted by:Judith Swan

        • .new zealand
        • aotearoa
        • dunedin
        • public seat
        • golf course
        • stone
        • 1862
        • 1942

        Dunedin's former Prison

        Found on the front wall of the former prison in central Dunedin, on the right side of the door, in the image.Transcription:NZ Historic Places Trust. 4035. Registered Building. Pouhere Taonga.More...

        Found on the front wall of the former prison in central Dunedin, on the right side of the door, in the image.Transcription:NZ Historic Places Trust. 4035. Registered Building. Pouhere...

        • new zealand
        • aotearoa
        • dunedin
        • otepoti
        • prison
        • historic pla...
        • 1896

        The Reverend Thomas Burns

        Transcription:Memorial to The Reverend Thomas Burns D.D. 1796 - 1871First Presbyterian minister of the province Co-leader of the the settlement of Otago First Chancellor of the University of...

        Transcription:Memorial to The Reverend Thomas Burns D.D. 1796 - 1871First Presbyterian minister of the province Co-leader of the the settlement of Otago First Chancellor of the University...

        • new zealand
        • aotearoa
        • dunedin
        • otepoti
        • first church
        • presbyterian
        • 1796
        • 1871

        Lompoc Fire Bell

          Mahon House

          Submitted by @jqmcd

          Submitted by @jqmcd

            McCabe College Building

              Colton's Block

              Colton's Block (Colton/Lauer/Wetzel Building) 225, 227, 229 W. Miner St. David D. Colton arrived in Yreka in 1851, mined for a time, established the Mountain News Herald, and at age 21 became the...

              Colton's Block (Colton/Lauer/Wetzel Building) 225, 227, 229 W. Miner St. David D. Colton arrived in Yreka in 1851, mined for a time, established the Mountain News Herald, and at age 21 became...

                Cannon Balls

                Submitted by Darren Platt.

                Submitted by Darren Platt.

                  Grace Taeko Akiyama

                    Sheldon Margen Public Heath Collection