Oamaru stone
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oamaru-stone-181-18662030
title:
Oamaru stone
text:
Oamaru stone, sometimes called whitestone, is a hard, compact limestone, quarried at Weston, near Oamaru in Otago, New Zealand. Oamaru stone was used on many of the grand public buildings in the towns and cities of the southern South Island, especially after the financial boom caused by the Otago gold rush of the 1860s. Initially used primarily in Oamaru itself, it became popular in Dunedin in around 1866, with the University of Otago's Registry Building being the first major structure in the ci
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wiki
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original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oamaru_stone
date created:
2004-10-21T00:13:54Z
date modified:
2024-09-06T12:00:19Z
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13
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