SummaryHome of James and Jessie Munro, who moved from Fifeshire, Scotland in the 1880s. They raised a son and two daughters at the cottage in Tauranga.
Mrs J.B. Munro died there in 1929, after a long illness. Miss Jessie Munro, continued to live and work as a dressmaker in the cottage.
Described in the 1969 newspaper as a 70-year-old cottage on Elizabeth Street and sketched in 1964 with a Norfolk Pine purportedly on Cameron Road just behind it.
Scanned photocopy of BOPT photograph 1969, August 12
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Known Date/s
Date Builtc. 1899Date Demolishedc. 1969
Location
Map Address119, Elizabeth Street, Tauranga, 3110, New ZealandLatitude/Longitude[1]
Te Ao Mārama - Tauranga City Libraries, Miss Munro's Cottage, 1899-1969 (Place). Pae Korokī, accessed 19/03/2026, https://paekoroki.tauranga.govt.nz/nodes/view/109809