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in the Octagon, on which it was said the name of the donor was even more prominent than the name of Burns himself. Although the monument was not completed until 1892, it still made Chapman's election as mayor in 1891 somewhat controversial.
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to Port Chalmers. Chapman's father was the Registrar of the Supreme Court, and Clerk to the Provincial Council. Chapman was one of the first to attend
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Chapman's father built a terrace of townhouses in Stuart Street in 1881, and donated £1,000 towards a towering memorial to the Reverend
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Charles Chapman brought about the establishment of Dunedin's first public library, now the Carnegie Centre. (Photo by Robert Cutts)
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Chapman was instrumental in the establishment of Dunedin's first free public library, achieved by writing to
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Chapman was born in Edinburgh in 1847. His parents sailed soon after in the
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Chapman ran for the mayoralty in 1888, but was defeated by
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in 1901. The library opened in 1908, at 110 Moray Place.
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Mayor of Dunedin
Otago Boys High School

Hugh Gourley
Thomas Burns
Andrew Carnegie
"Chapman's Terrace"
Archived
"Dunedin's 19th Century Mayors"
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"Obituary"
Archived
"Rev. Dr. Thomas Burns Monument, the Octagon 1892–1948"
Archived
"History"
Archived
Burns memorial
Categories
1847 births
1928 deaths
Mayors of Dunedin
People educated at Otago Boys' High School
Scottish emigrants to New Zealand

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