Lumsden (New Zealand)
| Lumsden | ||
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| Coordinates | 45 ° 44 ′ S , 168 ° 27 ′ E | |
| Region ISO | NZ-STL | |
| Country |
 New Zealand
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| region | Southland | |
| District | Southland District | |
| Ward | Five River Ward | |
| Residents | 405 (2013) | |
| height | 192 m | |
| Post Code | 9730 | |
| Telephone code | +64 (0) 3 | |
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 Center of Lumsden |
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Lumsden is a village in the Southland District of the Southland regionon the South Island of New Zealand .
Origin of name
Originally called Elbow by the surveyor John Turnbull Thomson because of lying on a curve of the Oreti River , the village was later named in honor of the local politician and later mayor of Invercargill , George Lumsden (1815-1904).
geography
The village is located in the north of the Waimea Plains on the Oreti River , around 55 km northwest of Gore . Invercargill is around 73 km south of the village. To the north rise the Lintley Range, up to 636 m high, and to the west, the up to 665 m high North Range . the Oreti River passes the village on its river to the south on its western side.
history
Lumsden was an important railway junction in the past. The Kingston Line of Invercargill took place in north-south direction through the village, to the west went the Mossburn Line and east of Waimea Plains Railway from that Lumsden on Gore with the Main South Line connected. In 1971, most of the Waimea Plains Railway was closed, only 16 km from Lumsden to Balfour remained in service until 1978. In 1979 the railway line to the north to Kingston was shut down after the repair of flood damage to the railway systems was no longer considered economical. The Mossburn Line and the connection south to Invercargill were closed in December 1982. The village's train station is now used as a tourist information office.
The local farmer George Chewings marketed a new variation of the common red fescue , Festuca rubra subsp. , Which he discovered in 1887 . commutata , which became known in the English-speaking world as " Chewings Fescue " and was well suited as pasture grass. The seeds of the grass were harvested in large quantities in the area around Lumsden and then exported overseas.
population
In the 2013 census, the town had 405 inhabitants, 1.5% less than in the 2006 census.
Infrastructure
Road traffic
The New Zealand State Highway 6 runs through the village from Queenstown from the north to Invercargill in the south. State Highway 94 runs along the same route, coming north of the village from the northwest of Te Anau and joining State Highway 6 and south of Lumsden from State Highway 6 to the southeast to Gore .
Education
Lusmden has a primary school and a secondary school. The Lumsden School is a co-educational primary school for grades 1 to 6. The Northern Southland College is a college for grades 7 to 13 and gave in 2017 to a number of students from 150 to 160 students.
Personalities
- Cathy Baker , hockey player
- Bill English (* 1961), politician and 39th Prime Minister of New Zealand
- Mat Marshall (* 1990), racing cyclist
literature
- Helga Neubauer: Lumsden . In: The New Zealand Book . 1st edition. NZ Visitor Publications , Nelson 2003, ISBN 1-877339-00-8 , pp. 869 f .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b 2013 Census QuickStats about a place: Lumsden . Statistics New Zealand , accessed August 3, 2017 .
- ↑ a b c Neubauer: Lumsden . In: The New Zealand Book . 2003, p. 869 f .
- ↑ a b Topo250 maps . Land Information New Zealand , accessed August 3, 2017 .
- ^ History of School Environment . Lumsden School , accessed August 3, 2017 .
- ↑ About Us . Northern Southland College , accessed August 3, 2017 .