Background to the topic 

Dunedin is the main city in Otago, New Zealand.

Otago was established in 1848 as a religious based settlement of the Free Church of Scotland, which was a branch of the Presbyterian Church, although they did allow a few non 'wee frees' as the church was called, to settle as well.

Things were going well for the infant community until the early 1860s when a number of significant gold strikes were discovered. This saw the population grow outrageously and people from all over the globe arrived. Crime and lawlessness grew, and the profile of the settlement was changed forever.