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Old Government House, 1955

This 1955 photograph shows the building in Parliament grounds originally built as Government House. After the Parliament House fire of 1907, this building housed Parliament, and the governor lived at Palmerston North until the new (present) Government House was ready. Later it housed the parliamentary restaurant, Bellamy's, until it was demolished in November 1969 to make way for the Beehive.

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  • Panorama: Parliament grounds from the front
    Parliament Buildings

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Credit

Alexander Turnbull Library
Reference: 1/2-177172; F
Photographer: Morrie Hill
Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Matauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any reuse of this image.

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greg worth

Posted: 03 Dec 2009

The Cyclopedia of New Zealand (Wgtn Prov Dist) has an entry for my Grt-Grandfather,Charles Frederick Worth,which states that he was the contractor for the plastering decorations at Government House. Is there any other record of this or photographs of the work?