Visions for Dunedin: Our Heritage, Our Future
Flames, Names, and Automobiles: the history of the Angus Motors Building
24 Sept 2025, 5:30 pm
Dunedin City Library, 230 Moray Place, Central Dunedin, Dunedin 9054, New Zealand
Flames, Names, and Automobiles: the history of the Angus Motors Building
Speaker: David Murray, Hocken Collections
Parts of the Angus Motors Building in Princes Street are 150 years old. Its story begins with a massive fire in 1874 and the construction of its oldest portion as the Spanish Hotel. The talk will explore personalities associated with its early years, including proprietors Olegario Guardiola and Albert and Jane Leung Chung, and resident poet Thomas Bracken. Part of the building was erected for the Bell Tea factory and in the 1930s the site was radically transformed for the motor trade.
Dunningham Suite | 4th Floor | City Library
Free | Koha