OLDEST — Remaining Building on the Canterbury Plains — Christchurch, New Zealand
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Dunbar Loop
S 43° 31.587 E 172° 35.848
59G E 629090 N 5179481
Built by pioneering Scottish brothers, William and John Deans, in 1843. Today this is the oldest remaining building in Christchurch and the Canterbury Plains.
Waymark Code: WM8JAJ
Location: South Island, New Zealand
Date Posted: 04/09/2010
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The Dean brothers built this cottage in 1843 in what is today the last piece of native bush in Christchurch, the Riccarton Bush. The cottage is now preserved as a museum and is open to the public to look at exhibits that discuss the Dean brothers and life of mid-19th century New Zealand.
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