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Description

The building was situated in Main Street East on the corner of Ruahine Street. It was constructed in 1873 to provide temporary accommodation for immigrants arriving in the district and was first used by the Feilding settlers brought to New Zealand by the Emigrant and Colonist's Aid Corporation (1874). The building was later made available to the Palmerston North Borough Council for hospital purposes and was used for housing injured persons prior to their transfer to Wanganui Hospital. The image shown is a from a photograph of a sketch done in 1874 by Mary Halcombe, wife of A W F Halcombe, agent for the Emigrant and Colonist's Aid Corporation.

Identification

Object type
Image
Relation
Public Photograph Collection
Date
1874
Digitisation ID
2008N_Bg12_BUI_1824
Held In
Coolstore

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Taxonomy

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government,
Community Tags
early settlers,
emigrant and colonist's aid corporation,
emigrants and colonists aid corporation,
immigration barracks,
mary halcombe,
mary halcombe "emigrants and colonists aid corporation,

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