Allanton (New Zealand)
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| Coordinates | 45 ° 55 ′ S , 170 ° 16 ′ E | |
| Region ISO | NZ-OTA | |
| Country |
 New Zealand
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| region | Otago | |
| District | Dunedin City | |
| Ward | Mosgiel - Taieri Ward | |
| Residents | 201 (2013) | |
| height | 10 m | |
| Post Code | 9092 | |
| Telephone code | +64 (0) 3 | |
Allanton is a small town in the urban area of Dunedin in the Otago regionon the South Island of New Zealand .
Origin of name
The place was named after James Allan , a provincial council of the former Otago province .
geography
The small town is located about 20 km southwest of the city center of Dunedin directly on New Zealand State Highway 1 . The settlement is located on the eastern border of the Taieri Plains near the Taieri River at the junction of State Highway 1 to Dunedin Airport near Momona .
The settlement founded at the confluence of the Owhiro Stream in the Taieri River was initially known to Europeans as " Scroggs' Creek Landing ". This name was given after Samuel Scroggs , a member of the surveyor group around Charles Henry Kettle . In 1875 the railway reached the area south of Dunedin with the Main South Line , the place met the criteria for an appointment to the " Town ", the new borough was named after the former governor George Gray " Greytown ".
history
Among the settlers in the growing community were Polish immigrants, including Brogdenites , workers recruited by John Brogden to build the railway line. Several Polish family names are still common in the place today.
In 1895 there was a dispute over the name of the new community with another " Greytown ", which had existed for a long time in the Wairarapa region. For a while the place was called Greytown South . The Taieri County Council approved a name change to " Allanton ," a tribute to the late James Allan from the nearby farm " Hope Hill ", a former provincial of Otago , County Councilor and elder of the East Taieri Church . He had settled here in 1848 as a settler of the Otago Free Church .
The population has decreased in recent years: the school closed in 2004, the Catholic Church, consecrated in 1888, in 2005.
literature
- Allanton . In: The Cyclopedia of New Zealand . Otago and Southland Provincial District - Volume IV . Cyclopedia Company Ltd , Christchurch 1905, p. 650 (English, online [accessed February 9, 2017]).
Individual evidence
- ↑ 2013 Census QuickStats about a place : Taieri . Statistics New Zealand , accessed on May 17, 2017 (English, StatsMap: Meshblock analysis from the interactive map).
- ^ P. Dowling (Ed.): Reed New Zealand atlas . Reed Publishing , Auckland 2004, ISBN 0-7900-0952-8 (English, map 104).
- ^ Theresa Sawicka : Poles - The first arrivals . In: Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand . Ministry for Culture & Heritage , February 8, 2005, accessed October 9, 2017 .
- ^ A b Helga Neubauer: Allanton . In: The New Zealand Book . 1st edition. NZ Visitor Publications , Nelson 2003, ISBN 1-877339-00-8 , pp. 803 .
- ^ AW Reed : Place names of New Zealand . Reed , Wellington 1975, ISBN 0-589-00933-8 , pp. 9 (English).
- ^ David Loughrey : Sad moment 'for Allanton congregation . In: Otago Daily Times . Dunedin September 12, 2005, p. 5 (English, online [accessed October 9, 2017]).