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2 unusual facts about Burnside, Otago


Palaeeudyptes

The other described New Zealand species, P. marplesi, is known from parts of a skeleton, mainly leg bones, from the Middle or Late Eocene Burnside Mudstone (34 to 40 MYA) at Burnside, Dunedin.

Palaeeudyptes marplesi

This species is known from a partial skeleton, mainly leg bones (Otago Museum C.50.25 to C.50.45), recovered from Middle or Late Eocene Burnside Mudstone rocks (34-40 MYA) at Burnside, Dunedin.


Albanvale, Victoria

Due to the recent development of the Cairnlea and Burnside estates, on the southern and eastern borders of Albanvale, native species of frogs have taken advantage and have taken up residence in the new wetlands and lakes.

Alfred Rowland Chetham-Strode

In 1849 he was appointed Resident Magistrate in Otago, and occupied the position from 1860 to 1862 of Sub-Treasurer of Otago; was Curator of Intestate Estates for some six years, and Sheriff and Commissioner of Native Reserves.

Anthony Cartwright

Anthony George Cartwright (born 8 August 1940 in Timaru) was a New Zealand cricketer who played six first-class matches for Otago in the Plunket Shield.

Antietam Creek

Burnside's Bridge became a major focus of combat as Union forces under General Ambrose Burnside repeatedly tried to capture the bridge from Confederate forces guarding the crossing from a high bluff overlooking the creek.

Bannockburn, New Zealand

Wine in this region, like the majority of Central Otago, focuses primarily on Pinot noir, suited to the dry climate and soils.

Battle of Campbell's Station

Following parallel routes, Longstreet and Burnside raced for Campbell's Station, a hamlet where the Concord Road, from the south, intersected the Kingston Road (now called Kingston Pike) to Knoxville.

Burnside, Canterbury

Burnside contains a central park (Burnside Park), and its two central roads are Memorial Avenue and Greers Road.

Burnside's lemma

Consequently, this lemma is sometimes referred to as the lemma that is not Burnside's.

Camp Nelson Civil War Heritage Park

General Burnside confiscated the house during the war to serve as officers quarters.

Carrington College

Carrington College, Otago, a hall of residence at the University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand

Central Otago

The wide flat plateau of the Maniototo which lies between the upper reaches of the Taieri River and the Clutha's northern tributary the Manuherikia is also usually considered part of Central Otago.

Charles Purnell

In May 1878, he addressed the Otago branch of the New Zealand Institute with one of the earliest proposals for Antarctic exploration.

Cumberland College

Cumberland College, Otago, a residential college for the University of Otago, in Dunedin, New Zealand

David P. Jenkins

During the American Civil War, Jenkins served in Union Army under Generals Grant, Pope, Sherman and Burnside in the Western Theater.

Desmond Ford

While Burnside was a dynamic presenter, Ford's biographer Milton Hook describes him as a fundamentalist (see: historic Adventism), and draws an analogy with a rugged, gung-ho cowboy like a John Wayne character.

Dun Mountain Railway

Because the new manager, Joseph Cock, had yet to arrive in Nelson, a geological survey of the mines was conducted on 1 June 1864 by Dr James Hector, an assayer working for the Otago Provincial Government.

Evansdale

Evansdale statistical district, a census-gathering district covering a large area of rural East Otago, New Zealand

Goat Island, Otago

There are two places in Otago, New Zealand, called Goat Island

Grand Director

Burnside's plan involves blowing up Hoover Dam to rally other groups like the Watchdogs behind him.

Eventually Burnside joins the terrorist group Watchdogs, and captures Barnes to force him to wear his World War II Bucky uniform and become his new Bucky.

Hartford Wanderers RFC

The Hartford Wanderers are sponsored by Ten Penny Ale which is made by Burnside Brewery, Red Rock Tavern, Connecticut Army National Guard, Crispin Hard Cider Company, ProEx Physical Therapy, and BSA Landscaping.

History of cricket in New Zealand from 1918–19 to 1945

An Australian team toured New Zealand in 1920-21 to play first-class matches versus New Zealand national team (twice) and provincial teams including Auckland, Wellington, Canterbury and Otago.

Imakane, Hokkaido

Imakane Junior High School has an exchange program with Burnside High School, Christchurch, New Zealand.

Irene Ferguson

Ferguson gained a Diploma of Fine Arts with Honors from Otago School of Fine Art, Dunedin in 1993 and a Master of Fine Arts from the New York Academy of Art in 2005.

Jacob Eugene Duryée

At the Battle of Antietam, Duryée stalwartly led his regiment from the front as the men tried to take the infamous Burnside's Bridge over Antietam Creek in the face of withering fire from Georgia regiments on the hills on the opposite bank.

Jimmy Haig

Haig was born in Scotland but emigrated to New Zealand at a young age with his family and grew up in Kaitangata in Otago.

John Callan

Apart from his ten years as Dean of the Faculty of Law at the University of Otago (1924–34), he was also a member of the Council of Legal Education.

Kaikorai Valley

The valley is home to three distinct suburbs: Kaikorai, Bradford, and Kenmure, while a fourth suburb, Burnside, lies at the valley's mouth, close to the junction of Kaikorai Valley Road and the Dunedin Southern Motorway, part of State Highway 1.

Knox College

Knox College, Otago, a hall of residence and school of ministry at the University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand

Mark Dickel

Dickel's brother, Richard, is currently the head coach of the Adelaide Lighting and former Waikato Piston, Otago Nugget, Southland Shark, Southland Under 17, Under 19 and Under 21 coach.

Moruroa

France abandoned nuclear testing in the atmosphere in 1974 and moved testing underground in the midst of intense world pressure which was sparked by the New Zealand Government of the time, which sent two frigates, HMNZS Canterbury and Otago, to the atoll in protest for a nuclear free Pacific.

Nathan McCullum

McCullum is building a reputation as a travelling Twenty 20 player, having played in Twenty 20 tournaments since 2010 for Lancashire, Pune Warriors India, Sydney Sixers and Glamorgan as well as still turning out for his native side Otago.

New Zealand State Highway 93

State Highway 93 is a New Zealand State Highway connecting the Southland township of Mataura with the Western Otago town of Clinton.

Olearia odorata

Remnants of this bush that grow in Otago are home to native moths and insects, and areas with this species are now being protected with covenants.

Otago Access Radio

One of the regular shows on the station is Write On, the radio show of the Otago Southland branch of the New Zealand Society of Authors, hosted by local crime fiction author Vanda Symon.

Otago Gold Rush

Tailings (the materials left over after the removal of the uneconomic fraction (gangue) of the ore) also provide some of the archaeological evidence from Otago gold mine sites.

Otago Peninsula

At the entrance to the Otago Harbour the peninsula rises to Taiaroa Head, home to a breeding colony of Northern Royal Albatross, the only colony of albatross to be found on an inhabited mainland.

Owlet-nightjar

A fossil proximal right tarsometatarsus (MNZ S42800) was found at the Manuherikia River in Otago, New Zealand.

Oxyurinae

Three enigmatic genera of waterfowl, Mionetta from the Late Oligocene to Middle Miocene of central Europe and Dunstanetta and Manuherikia from the Bathans Early/Middle Miocene of Otago, New Zealand, show some similarities to oxyurine ducks and judging from biogeography, the latter two may plausibly be related.

Royal New Zealand Navy

One of the best-known roles that the RNZN played on the world stage was when the frigates Canterbury and the Otago were sent by the Labour Government of Norman Kirk to Moruroa Atoll in 1973 to protest against French nuclear testing there.

Skatepark

Skate parks, related obstacles/ramps and locations designed for extreme sport utilization have made their way into the media over time, such as with the aforementioned Burnside Skatepark being included in the movie Free Willy.

St Margaret's College

St Margaret's College, Otago, hall of residence of the University of Otago, New Zealand

University of Otago Dunedin School of Medicine

The bulk of the Dunedin School of Medicine is centred on a group of buildings to the southwest of the main University of Otago Campus, in an area surrounding Dunedin Hospital and bounded by George Street, Hanover Street, Cumberland Street, and Frederick Street.

Wakatipu

Wakatipu is the name of a district in inland Otago, New Zealand.

Wedderburn, New Zealand

Artist Grahame Sydney made the Wedderburn railway goods shed famous in his 1975 painting of the shed in an austere Otago landscape representing the economic and social changes brought about by railways.

West Otago

West Otago consists of rolling farmland and forested hills close to the Pomahaka River.

What This Country Needs

Strings arranged by Dennis Burnside and performed by the Nashville String Machine.

William Burnside

The central part of Burnside's group theory work was in the area of group representations, where he helped to develop some of the foundational theory, complementing, and sometimes competing with, the work of Ferdinand Frobenius, who began his research in the subject during the 1890s.


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