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This building was one of the first European houses in inland Manawatu, erected 1867 by European carpenters employed by Ditlev Gothard Monrad, the Lutheran Bishop and ex-Premier of Denmark who settled at Karere in 1866. To the right of the house can be seen a clay and thatch whare, which may be the hut occupied by the Monrad family prior to construction of the house. The house was occupied by the Bishop and his wife 1867 - 1868 and then by one of the Bishop's sons, Viggo, 1868 - 1885. A verandah and extra ground-floor rooms were added to the house about 1880. The last owners and occupants were two of Viggo Monrad's sons, Ditlev and Oscar, who lived in the house from about 1886 until its destruction by fire in 1889. The house was situated near the bank of the Karere Lagoon on section 35 of the Karere Block, about three miles west of the present settlement of Longburn, near Palmerston North. Though the photographer is unknown, he was possibly a young Dane named Bloch who came to New Zealand with the Monrads, and was known to take photographs when he visited Karere 1867.

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Object type
Image
Relation
Public Photograph Collection Bur 51
Date
circa 1867
Digitisation ID
2007N_Bur51_BUI_0208
Held In
Coolstore

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Karere, near Longburn, Palmerston North

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