Mirrielees House

Est. 1917.  When Alexander Mirrielees bought a chemist’s shop on the Strand in 1910, he was intrigued to find that when there were no boats berthed at the wharves, known as ‘no boat days,’ businesses in the Strand closed their doors and the proprietors went fishing. He built this weatherboard house with a corrugated iron roof and during World War I acted as Tauranga’s Recruiting Officer.

Map No. 11.
30 Cameron Rd,
Tauranga, 3110.

About Mirrielees House

In 1910 Alexander James Mirrielees arrived in Tauranga and bought a chemist’s shop on the Strand from Robert Joseph Allely. As a newcomer he was intrigued to find that when there were no boats berthed at the wharves, known as ‘no boat days,’ businesses in the Strand closed their doors and the proprietors went fishing. Mirrielees bought two sections in Cameron Road on the corner of Monmouth Street for £200 and built a weatherboard house with a corrugated iron roof. Known as Capt. Mirrielees, he led the local territorial company of the 6th Hauraki Regiment and was Tauranga’s Recruiting Officer in the early days of World War I. His house has been used as a business premises for several years.