Cameron Blockhouse
The Cameron Blockhouse is a timber blockhouse in Wanganui, New Zealand, built during the New Zealand Wars in the mid-19th century. It is a rare surviving example of a privately constructed redoubt from that era.Photo: Rudolph89, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Okoia and Whangaehu.
Okoia
Hamlet
Okoia is a small rural community approximately 5 km east of Whanganui, New Zealand. It is centred on the Okoia Primary School and village. The area is predominantly subject to sheep and beef pastoral farming, but in recent years some farms have been divided into lifestyle blocks. Okoia is situated 5 km north of Cameron Blockhouse.
Whangaehu
Hamlet
Photo: Mike Dickison, CC BY 4.0.
Whangaehu is a settlement in the Rangitikei District and Manawatū-Whanganui region of New Zealand's North Island. Whangaehu is located near the mouth of the Whangaehu River, a large river flowing for 135 kilometres from the crater lake of Mount Ruapehu on the central plateau, southward to the South Taranaki Bight in the Tasman Sea. Whangaehu is situated 6 km southeast of Cameron Blockhouse.
Durie Hill
Suburb
Durie Hill is a suburb of Whanganui, in the Whanganui District and Manawatū-Whanganui region of New Zealand's North Island. The suburb was designed in 1920 by Samuel Hurst Seager as a garden suburb based on garden-city planning principles. Durie Hill is situated 6 km northwest of Cameron Blockhouse.
Cameron Blockhouse
- Type: Historic building
- Description: blockhouse, fort in Wanganui, New Zealand
- Categories: architectural structure, building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Greater Wellington, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-39.97345° or 39° 58′ 24″ southLongitude
175.12361° or 175° 7′ 25″ eastLevels
1Open location code
4VGQ24GF+JCOpenStreetMap ID
way 1015402127OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=buildingWikidata ID
Q5026183
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In Other Languages
“Cameron Blockhouse” goes by many names.
- Japanese: “キャメロン小要塞”
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