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Queens Gardens, Dunedin

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19: 114: 31: 126: 110:. The area of harbour where Queens Gardens now sit was reclaimed in the final years of the 19th century. Originally called The Triangle, it was officially named Victoria Gardens in 1904 but soon became known as "The Queen's Gardens", from which its current name developed. 93:
recipients, stands next to the cenotaph. Several of the trees surrounding the perimeter of Queens Gardens were planted to remember various war anniversaries, and are accompanied by plaques commemorating these events, The gardens are the scene of commemorations on
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Several notable structures stand within the gardens: a Celtic Cross, symbolising the city's first European settlers and built in 2000 to mark the end of the second Christian millennium, stands at the northern end of the gardens. Statues to
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Other historically recognised buildings within Queens Gardens include Phoenix House (the former Equitable Insurance Association Building) and the New Zealand Insurance Company Building, both of which are listed as historic buildings by
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Imperial Building and nearby Commercial Building, are located nearby at the foot of Dowling Street, which forms part of the city's main arts district and contains numerous galleries and artists' studios.
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Dunedin's Millennium Cross stands at the northern end of the gardens. The scaffolded Imperial Building and Cream-coloured Commercial Building are visible in the background at the foot of Dowling Street.
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runs south from Queens Gardens, with its main street, Vogel Street, ending at the gardens' southern edge, and the historic precinct of Burlington Street runs north from Queens Gardens to
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means that it is surrounded by many notable buildings, many of them the legacy of the city's prosperity during the
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Bus depot, at the gardens' eastern edge, which now forms the transport and technology wing of
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Queens Gardens sit on reclaimed land very close to the original landing site for Māori
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Central Dunedin. Queens Gardens is the triangular green area to the right of the 4.
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of the 1860s. Several of the Exchange's historic buildings in that area (such as
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Several prominent landmarks surround Queens Gardens, most notably the former
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Dunedin railway station up there with the Taj Mahal as a 'must see'
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Toitū Otago Settlers Museum

Dunedin
Warehouse Precinct
The Exchange
Princes Street
SH 1
Queen Victoria
Donald M. Stuart
Dunedin Cenotaph
Victoria Cross
ANZAC Day
waka

Stuart Memorial

The Exchange
Central Otago gold rush
Consultancy House
Warehouse Precinct
Moray Place
NZR
Toitū Otago Settlers Museum
Dunedin Chinese Garden
First Church of Otago
Bell Hill
flatiron-like
Heritage New Zealand
railway station

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