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DUNEDIN , a See also:city of New See also:Zealand, See also:capital of the provincial See also:district of Otago, and the seat of a See also:bishop, in Taieri See also:county. Pop. (1906) 36,070; including suburbs, 56,020. It lies 15 M. from the open See also:sea, at the See also:head of Otago See also:harbour, a narrow inlet (averaging 2 M. in width) on the See also:south-eastern See also:coast of South See also:Island. The situation was chosen on the See also:consideration of this harbour alone, for the actual site offered many difficulties, steep See also:forest-clad hiIIs rising See also:close to the sea, and rendering reclamation necessary. The hills give the See also:town a beautiful See also:appearance, as the forest was allowed to remain closely embracing it, being preserved in the public ground named the Town See also:Belt. The See also:principal thoroughfare is comprised in See also:Prince's See also:Street and See also:George Street, See also:running straight from S.W. to N.E., and passing through the Octagon, which is surrounded by several of the principal buildings. From these streets others strike at right angles down to the harbour, while others again See also:lead obliquely up towards the Belt, beyond which are extensive suburbs. There are several handsome commercial and banking houses.
' In 1878, as the result of the See also:report of a select See also:committee of the See also:House of See also:Commons appointed in 1877, a See also:- GRANT (from A.-Fr. graunter, O. Fr. greanter for creanter, popular Lat. creantare, for credentare, to entrust, Lat. credere, to believe, trust)
- GRANT, ANNE (1755-1838)
- GRANT, CHARLES (1746-1823)
- GRANT, GEORGE MONRO (1835–1902)
- GRANT, JAMES (1822–1887)
- GRANT, JAMES AUGUSTUS (1827–1892)
- GRANT, ROBERT (1814-1892)
- GRANT, SIR ALEXANDER
- GRANT, SIR FRANCIS (1803-1878)
- GRANT, SIR JAMES HOPE (1808–1895)
- GRANT, SIR PATRICK (1804-1895)
- GRANT, U
- GRANT, ULYSSES SIMPSON (1822-1885)
grant of £5000 was made to the then See also:Lord Cochrane " in respect of the distinguished services of his grandfather, the See also:late See also:earl of See also:Dundonald."
The town See also:- HALL
- HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
- HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
- HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
- HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
- HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
- HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
- HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
- HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
- HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
- HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
- HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
- HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
- HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
- HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
- HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)
hall, See also:Athenaeum and museum are noteworthy buildings, the last having a See also:fine biological collection. The university, founded in '869, built mainly of See also:basalt, has See also:schools of arts, See also:medicine, See also:chemistry and See also:mineralogy. It is in reality a university See also:college, for though it was originally intended to have the See also:power of conferring degrees, it was subsequently affiliated to the New Zealand University. The churches are numerous and some are particularly handsome; such as the First See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church, which over-looks the harbour, and is so named from its See also:standing on the site of the church of the See also:original settlers; St See also:Paul's, See also:Knox church and the See also:Roman See also:Catholic See also:cathedral of St See also:Joseph. Finally, one of the most striking buildings in the city is the high school (1885) with its commanding See also:tower. The See also:- WHITE
- WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
- WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
- WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
- WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
- WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
- WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
- WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
- WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
- WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
- WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
- WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)
white See also:Oamaru See also:- STONE
- STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
- STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
- STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
- STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
- STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
- STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
- STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
- STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)
stone is commonly used in these buildings. The See also:primary and secondary schools of the town are excellent, and there is a small training college for See also:state teachers. Besides the Belt there are several parks and reserves, including botanical and See also:acclimatization gardens, the so-called Ocean See also:Beach, and two See also:race-courses.
Dunedin is connected by See also:rail with See also:Christchurch northward and See also:Invercargill southward, with numerous branches. Electric tramways serve the principal thoroughfares and suburbs. The most important See also:internal See also:industries are in See also:wool and frozen See also:meat. The harbour is accessible, owing to extensive dredging, to vessels See also:drawing 19 ft., at high See also:tide; and Dunedin is the headquarters of the See also:coasting services of the See also:Union Steamship Co. See also:Port See also:Chalmers, however (9 M. N.E. by rail) though incapacitated by its site from growing into a large town, is more readily accessible for See also:shipping, and has extensive piers and a graving See also:dock. Dunedin is governed by a See also:mayor and See also:corporation, and most of its numerous suburbs are See also:separate municipalities.
The See also:colony of Otago (from a native word meaning ochre, which was found here and highly prized by the Maoris as a pigment for the See also:body when preparing for See also:battle) was founded as the See also:chief town of the Otago See also:settlement by settlers sent out under the auspices of the See also:lay association of the See also:Free Church of See also:Scotland in '848. The See also:discovery of large quantities of See also:gold in Otago in 186' and the following years brought prosperity, a See also:great " See also:rush " of diggers setting in from See also:Australia. Gold-dredging, in the hands of See also:rich companies, remains a primary source of See also:wealth in the district.
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