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Visiting Nairn Street Cottage is like going back in time and witnessing Wellington at the end of the 19th century. Wellington's oldest cottage was built by William Wallis for his family when he arrived in New Zealand in the 1870s in search of better life, like so many before him. The Wallis family lived in the quaint Georgian cottage for three generations. Located in the Mount Cook neighborhood, the cottage is now open for tours and has been declared a New Zealand cultural heritage. It is home to the Colonial Cottage Museum. The Museum Society managed to save the cottage from planned demolition and turned it into a museum in 1980. Most of the items in the cottage are original and date from the period between 1850 and 1880. Some belonged to the Wallis family and others were donated by other settler families.

68 Nairn St, Mount Cook, Wellington 6011, New Zealand, Phone: +64-43-84-91-22

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