DescriptionState Housing in Oranga, Auckland, 1947.jpg
English: New state houses in the 'Harp of Erin' estate of Oranga, Auckland City, New Zealand. Aerial photograph taken in 1947. Note the typical cul-e-sac patterns and the lack of any mature vegetation in this brand-new development area. Coordinates recreated by matching street patterns visible in the photograph to modern maps/aerial - may be slighty off by maybe 100m.
Extended information on origin webpage reads: Aerial view of state houses at the Harp of Erin Estate, Oranga, Onehunga, Auckland [ca 8 October 1947] / Reference number: PAColl-6203-07 / 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Silver gelatin print. Horizontal image. / Part of New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives (PA-Group-00079) / Part of New Zealand Free Lance original photographic prints, from the file print collection, Box 3 (PAColl-6203) / Scope and contents: Aerial view of state houses at the Harp of Erin Estate, Oranga, Onehunga, Auckland, circa 8 October, 1947. Photographer unidentified. / Notes: Note on back of file print reads "P8/10/47" (Published in the New Zealand Free Lance on the 8th of October, 1947) / Other copies available: File print available in Turnbull Library Pictures11. Auckland. Oranga. 1947(PFP-019291)
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==Summary== {{Information |Description=New state houses in the 'harpof Erin' estate of Oranga, Auckland City, New Zealand. Aerial photograph taken in 1947.<br><br> Extended information on origin web