Cameron Road c 1900

Datec.1900Reference NumberPhoto 99-750DescriptionThe northern end of Cameron Road, Tauranga, the area known as The Camp because the 68th Durham Light Infantry had their barracks there 1864-1866. Mauao in the background c 1900.
Published in City views : news from the Tauranga District Council Issue 28, June/July 2001 in the Past v Present feature.
Text describes the conversion of an existing Māori track into the hills into an access road for the military settlement of Tauranga. Surveyors laid out wide streets, but the central shelled pathway left broad verges browsed by household cows. Trees had cages to protect them from the stock.
Contrasted with an aerial view of the now very busy road leading to the Ōtūmoetai causeway, with a bowling green and running track/rugby field to the west of the road and many buildings to the east.

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Cameron Road c 1900

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