MOUNT COOK DEFENCE RESERVE

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Mt. Cook, Wellington, New Zealand.

© Darcy Waters 2001

In the photo below the building that looks like a castle on the skyline is the Mt. Cook Prison/Alexandra Barracks.   The building to the right of that with the flying buttress supported wall was the Wellington Powder Magazine (later used as an Artillery training shed.

"Scene at Mount Cook with Mount Cook Prison/Alexandra Barracks"
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In this photo below looking up Buckle Street from Taranaki Street one can clearly see the front facade of the Drill Hall (built in 1907)

It is one of several photos relating to the 1913 Waterfront Strike taken at this intersection.

Soldiers outside military barracks on Buckle Street, Wellington, during the 1913 Waterfront Strike
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National Library of New Zealand

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© Darcy Waters 2001

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  This page was last updated 17th February 2002.