Transit House

Transit House is a historic house in North Dunedin, registered as a heritage building. From 1946 to 1978, as Dominican Hall, the building was a women's student hostel operated by nuns and friars of the Dominican Order as a sister college to nearby Aquinas College and as one of the residential colleges of the University of Otago.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Otago Museum and Archives New Zealand Dunedin Office.

Museum
Tūhura , located near the city center of Dunedin, , adjacent to the University of Otago campus, is one of the country's largest museums and a prominent attraction in the city. is situated 430 metres southeast of Transit House.

Library
is a library, which is situated 310 metres southeast of Transit House.

Museum
The is a private museum of bones, bone art, ethnographic artifacts, and assorted curios in , New Zealand. Created by mural artist and sculptor Bruce Mahalski, in his Royal Terrace residence, it opened to the public in March 2018. is situated 340 metres southwest of Transit House.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Maori Hill and Dunedin.

Suburb
is a residential suburb of the city of . It is located at the northern end of the ridge which runs in a crescent around the central city's western edge, 2 kilometres to the northwest of the city centre, immediately above and within the Town Belt.

Photo: Benchill, Public domain.
, called Ōtepoti in Māori, is the main city of the region and the second-largest city of the South Island of . Archaeological evidence shows Māori hunters have stayed in the area from about 1280.

Suburb
is a major residential and retail suburb of the New Zealand city of . It is located 150 metres above the city centre on the ridge which runs in a crescent around the central city's western edge.

Transit House

Latitude
-45.86298° or 45° 51′ 47″ south
Longitude
170.50674° or 170° 30′ 24″ east
Open location code
4V6G4GP4+RM
Open­Street­Map ID
way 983386921
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Wiki­data ID
Q79308373
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