History of the Otago Region
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The Otago region of New Zealand is one of the more isolated places of the inhabited earth. Its high latitude, elevation and distance from larger foreign and domestic population centres have defined Otago at each stage of its history.
Takiroa Rock Art Site near Duntroon, Waitaki Valley, South Island
Waka (boat) from the Taieri River plains.
Pā at Huriawa Peninsula
Musket (Brown Bess) in use throughout the Musket Wars in New Zealand.
Port Chalmers
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Port Chalmers is a town serving as the main port of the city of Dunedin, New Zealand. Port Chalmers lies ten kilometres inside Otago Harbour, some 15 kilometres northeast of Dunedin's city centre.
Looking across Port Chalmers and the Otago Harbour to the Otago Peninsula
Euterpe (later Star of India) at Port Chalmers.
Dunedin, the first commercially successful refrigerated ship.
Loading at the new logging wharf, Port Chalmers (1972)