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    Ada Wells

    Ada Wells is remembered for her contribution to the women's suffrage campaign in the 1880s and 90s, and for becoming the first woman elected to the Christchurch City Council in 1917.

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Unemployed disturbances in Dunedin

1932 Unemployed disturbances in Dunedin

During the 'angry autumn' of 1932, in the depths of the Great Depression, unemployed workers in Dunedin reacted angrily to the refusal of the Hospital Board to offer them assistance. more...

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Origins - The New Zealand Legion

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  • Impacts and memories of the 1930s depression (NZine)
  • Images of Dunedin Hospital
  • The Depression of the Thirties (1966 encyclopaedia)
  • The Depression riots (1966 encyclopaedia)
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