Image: State Housing in Oranga, Auckland, 1947

Description: 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)
Title: State Housing in Oranga, Auckland, 1947
Credit: National Library of New Zealand (Alexander Turnbull Library).
Author: The National Library of New Zealand (Alexander Turnbull Library) states specifically that the author is unknown, and that the image has been taken by a corporate entity (New Zealand Free Lance publication). See relevance of this below.
Permission: See below. It should be noted that NZ copyright provides a term of 50 years after the author's death/publication by a corporation, and provides for a term of only 50 years after publication if the author is unknown. See also this factsheet (Published Works section) of the National Library of New Zealand. Therefore, based on the unknown identity of the author and the publication date, this document is in the public domain.
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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