Elizabeth Cox
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Elizabeth Cox
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Author, historian, #Wellington. Writing a history of Wellington. Published "Making Space: A history of New Zealand women in architecture" 2022
Despite being a 'slum', the people who lived there were not keen to lose their homes, as shown here in their reaction to a photographer being sent around to take the photos above:
November 18, 2023 at 5:09 AM
It was between Courtenay Place and the sea, where Blair and Allen Street is now.
These images were taken just before it was demolished in 1898.
November 18, 2023 at 5:01 AM
Is this the grimmest classified ad you've ever seen?
Advert from a woman living in 'slum street' in Wellington, in 1889.

#wellington
November 18, 2023 at 2:16 AM