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Port Chalmers, a small town, located on the western shore of Otago Harbour, on a small hilly peninsula was founded on 31 July 1844  Reclaimed land is the site for Dunedin's container port. There were two Otago Harbour Board graving docks, the first being opened in 1872.

1951 census, 2,682
1956 census, 3,012
1961 census, 3,120
1996 census 1,365

From the Otago Witness 23 March 1864 with the prominent building in the center closet to the wharf is the Customs and Courthouse.

Port Chalmers  - A Wilfred Alfred Nicholls engraving. View from the flagstaff.

 

Port Chalmers. From a 1903 NZ Geography Book for Students.

Port Chalmers 1890 with a sheerlegs crane capable  of lifting 80 tons and graving dock. Steamers at the USSCo. wharf. 

View Port Chalmers in 1875 showing in the foreground the abandoned ship's boiler from which Boiler Point took its name. The bay area is now reclaimed land. The flagstaff on the hill at the left also carried a time-ball, dropped daily at noon.

Port Chalmers with Goat Island and Koputai Bay.  Railway line passing right in front of the ?Methodist Church.
Similar view

1962

Port Chalmers - today the main trunk railroad line is where the road (word cemetery) is in the foreground.
Same angle.

Port Chalmers 1960.
Similar photo.

Port Chalmers

Otago Witness 16 March 1872 pg13