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William Meluish

Name
William Meluish

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Background

(1822/23-1888).  Photographer and businessman.  Apparently born in London, little is known of William until his arrival in Nelson in 1858, where he set up as a photographer.  He moved to Dunedin in 1860 and opened a studio and imported photographic equipment.  His outstanding contribution was the documentation of 1860s Dunedin in photographs.  By 1870, when he returned to London, his land holdings in Dunedin had made him a wealthy man.

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Category
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Gender (if applicable)
Male

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