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Dunedin Town Hall

Municipal Chambers

Completed in 1880 and designed by R. A. Lawson in 1878, it is New Zealand's only surviving significant Victorian Town Hall. Of Italianate design and complete with Corinthian columns and an imposing staircase and balustrade, it is built of Oamaru stone on a base of breccia from Port Chalmers.In 1929 a town hall were added behind the Municipal Chambers, and in the 1980s a new administration building, incorporating a new public library, was added to the Octagon. The town hall is home to a symphonic pipe organ (with 3,500 pipes) affectionally known as 'Norma' that is still operational. The entrance to the town hall is from Moray Place.

Address: 38 The Octagon

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2 George St
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St. Paul's Cathedral
Construction on this Anglican cathedral began in 1915 with funds for the project running out before the intended crossing and chancel could be built. In the end it was resolved that a temporary chancel should be constructed using material saved from the old St Paul’s. The new cathedral was consecrated in 1919. A new modernist chancel was added between 1969 and 1971.
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The Octagon
In the city centre, it has an octagonal shape instead of the standard square and features a statue of Scottish poet Robert Burns. This statue was unveiled in 1887 and has been restored. It was cast by sculptor Sir John Steell of Edinburgh, Scotland, who made four other, nearly identical, statues, one of which stands in Central Park, New York. Several significant buildings are adjacent to the Octagon, including the Public Art Gallery, St. Paul's Anglican Cathedral, the Town Hall and the Regent Theatre.
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