Workers' dwellings were built specifically for married workers with children. This shows a young family (plus 'Rover') in front of one of the first workers' dwellings in Petone c.1910.
Alexander Turnbull Library Reference: APG-0448-1/2 Photographer: Albert Percy Godber Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Matauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.
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'Petone state house', URL: http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/media/photo/petone-state-house, (Ministry for Culture and Heritage), updated 21-Jul-2014
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rob evans
Posted: 23 Jan 2009
grew up opposite this house in patrick st in 1950s the coupe family lived there for many years.
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