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unusual facts about Mornington, Otago



Alfred Downward

Born in Melbourne to Edward and Elizabeth Downward, he was educated at Prahran and Mornington before working on his father's Balnarring sheep farm.

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.

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.

Bettystown

Together with the neighbouring villages of Laytown and Mornington it comprises the census town of Laytown-Bettystown-Mornington with a combined population of 10889 at the 2011 Census.

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

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.

Dunedin cable tramway system

The Mornington line was the last to close, on March 2, 1957, leaving San Francisco with the only operational cable car system in the world.

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

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.

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 suburb is linked via Mornington Road with the suburbs of Mornington to the north and Balaclava to the south.

Kiss FM Australia

Kiss FM currently has active transmitters at Balwyn, Chadstone, Epping, Flemington, Frankston, Geelong, Kangaroo Ground, Laverton, Melbourne City, Mornington & Olinda and a relay service on Orbit FM's transmitters in Daylesford, Mount Buller, Wangaratta & Cairns.

Knox College

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

Laytown

Bus Éireann route 190 provides several daily services to/from Drogheda via Bettystown and Mornington.

Lynne Kosky

Peninsula Link - $750 million to link EastLink and the Mornington Peninsula Freeway (completed)

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.

Melbourne Wireless

These projects including extending the network into the Western Region between Melbourne and Melton, extending the network north over the ranges into the Seymour area and adding capacity and reach to the Mornington and Bellarine Peninsulas.

Mornington Island

Macassan trepangers once travelled thousands of kilometres from Sulawesi to Mornington Island and other Australian mainland destinations in search of sea cucumbers.

Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery Works on Paper Award

The award and its concomitant exhibition are hosted by the Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, located in Mornington, Australia.

Mornington Secondary College

Mornington Secondary College is a secondary school in Mornington, Victoria, Australia serving the communities of Somerville, Tyabb, Moorooduc, Mount Martha, and Mornington on the Mornington Peninsula and offers the Hands On Learning, The Victoria Police Youth Corp and Drum Corp, and many other extra-curricular programs to its students.

Mornington, Otago

Landmarks within Mornington include the suburb's former post office in Mailer Street, a distinctive building completed in 1905 with small a mock-Byzantine domed tower above the entrance.

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.

Shiva Ashram

The Shiva Ashram is a residential meditation and spiritual centre in Mount Eliza, on the Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, about one hour outside of Melbourne.

South Arm Highway

The Highway starts at the Eastern Outlet near Mornington then travels south changing name to Rokeby Road and again to South Arm Road.

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.

William Pole-Tylney-Long-Wellesley, 5th Earl of Mornington

Mornington died unmarried in Paris on 25 July 1863 from cancer of the tongue, and is buried at Draycot Cerne in Wiltshire.

William Wellesley-Pole, 3rd Earl of Mornington

William Wellesley-Pole, 3rd Earl of Mornington GCH, PC, PC (Ire) (20 May 1763 – 22 February 1845), known as Lord Maryborough between 1821 and 1842, was an Anglo-Irish politician and an elder brother of the Duke of Wellington.


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