Historical place archive

Oamaru in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at Oamaru in Great Britain. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

1 records1 event labels1 people1913–1913

Historical events in Oamaru

1913

10 February 1913
News of Polar Party Losses
Robert Falcon Scott · Exploration and Discovery

The world was informed of the tragedy when Terra Nova reached Oamaru, New Zealand.

Provenance

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