Picturesque Dunedin

PICTURESQUE
DUNEDIN

OR

DUNEDIN AND ITS NEIGHBOURHOOD

IN 1890

With a Short Historical Account of the City and its
Principal Institutions

EDITED BY

ALEX. BATHGATE

WITH ILLUSTRATIONS

DUNEDIN

MILLS, DICK AND CO., PRINTERS AND PUBLISHERS, OCTAGON

1890

DUNEDIN FROM TOWN HALL TOWER.

TO
HIS EXCELLENCY
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE,
THE EARL OF ONSLOW,
GOVERNOR OF AND COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF
THE COLONY OF NEW ZEALAND, AND VICE-ADMIRAL
OF THE SAME,
THIS WORK
IS (BY PERMISSION) RESPECTFULLY
DEDICATED
BY THE PUBLISHERS.

CONTENTS.

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		Page.
Introductory	The Editor	5
Historical	Jas. McIndoe	14
Geology of Dunedin	Geo. J. Binns, F.G.S., G.S.A.	76
University Museum	F. B. Allan	94
Botany of Neighbourhood	G. M. Thomson, F.L.S.	110
The University	Rev. Prof. Salmond, D.D.	120
Architecture of Dunedin	N. Y. A. Wales	126
Education	J. Hislop, LL.D.	137
Public Institutions	J. A. Torrance	183
A Brief Review of the Leading Industries	Westley Overton	243
Walks and Drives—
1. Queen's Drive	The Editor	259
2. Ross Creek Reservoir	⁠{{{1}}}„	260
3. Flagstaff	⁠{{{1}}}„	260
4. Mount Cargill	⁠{{{1}}}„	262
5. The Peninsula	Jas. McIndoe	264
6.⁠{{{1}}}„	⁠{{{1}}}„	269
7.⁠{{{1}}}„	⁠{{{1}}}„	270
8. The Taieri Wilds	⁠{{{1}}}„	270
9. Corstorphine to Taieri Mouth	⁠{{{1}}}„	275
10. The Taieri River	⁠{{{1}}}„	279
11. Leith Valley & Waterfalls	⁠{{{1}}}„	283
12. Our Plain	⁠{{{1}}}„	288
13. The Silverstream Valley	G. H. Turton	292
Climate and Meteorology		296

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

	PAGE
Dunedin from the Town Hall⁠	Frontispiece
On the Blueskin Road	84
Scene in Nicol's Creek	100
The University Building	120
The First Church	129
Boys' High School	164
St. Joseph's Cathedral	180
Knox Church	197
Dunedin from the Junction	229
Scene in Leith Valley	260
Nicol's Creek Waterfall	285

EDITORIAL NOTE.

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The editor desires to place on record his indebtedness to Mr. Hanson Turton, District Land Registrar, Dunedin, for his kindness in obtaining, at no little personal trouble, the information regarding what may be called pre-historic Dunedin, embodied in the introductory chapter. Mr. Turton's well-known ability as a Maori scholar, and the pains which the editor is aware he took in obtaining, and verifying by interviews with many of the older natives of the locality who still survive, the facts there recorded, are a guarantee that the interesting particulars given regarding the original inhabitants of Dunedin are thoroughly accurate and historically correct.

PUBLISHERS' NOTICE.

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The Publishers desire to return their most sincere and hearty thanks to Mr Alexander Bathgate for the valuable assistance he has gratuitously rendered in editing this work, and also to Messrs. G. M. Thomson, F.L.S.; G. J. Binns, F.G.S.; N. Y. A. Wales; Professor Salmond, LL.D.; J. Hislop, LL.D.; J. A. Torrance, and G. H. Turton, all of whom have likewise, without remuneration, kindly furnished their respective contributions.

Whilst the scope of the work has been unavoidably altered to some extent since the title "Picturesque Dunedin" was first chosen, and the picturesque aspects of our city and its surroundings have not received the prominence originally contemplated, the publishers feel confident that the work will prove of interest to both the passing visitor and the permanent resident, to the latter of whom it should form a pleasing memento of our Exhibition year.

Dunedin, January, 1890.