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  Dunedin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Although now only the eighth largest city of New Zealand in terms of population, it is the fifth largest urban area, as Greater Auckland is composed of four cities.
In 1852 Dunedin became the capital of the Otago Province, the whole of New Zealand from the Waitaki south.
The University of Otago, the oldest university in New Zealand, was founded in Dunedin in 1869.
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 Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : 1889   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
March 4 - Grover Cleveland, 24th President of the United States (1885 - 1889) is succeeded by Benjamin Harrison (1889-1893).
October 24 - Sir Henry Parkes, Premier of New South Wales, delivers the Tenterfield Oration calling for the Federation of Australia.
November 2 - North Dakota and South Dakota are admitted as the 39th and 40th U.S. states.
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 ★ Dunedin New Zealand Guide. Information, links and Picture
Sports are catered for in Dunedin by the floodlit rugby and cricket venue of Carisbrook, a soccer and athletics stadium at Logan Park, close to the University, and numerous golf courses and parks.
There is also a horseracing circuit in the south of the city.
Thomas Bracken (21 December 1843 -- 16 February 1898), the noted late-19th century poet who wrote the New Zealand National Anthem and who was the first person to publish the phrase "God's Own Country".
www.mkiwi.com /New+Zealand+information/Dunedin+New+Zealand.html   (1172 words)

  
 Ed Rogers Rare & Out of Print Books - Rare Paleontology Books
The new edition includes a new preface in English translation and also a new introduction containing historical data on Lenz, his contributions to mineralogy, a description of the above work and a bibliography of his works.
The first geological surveys of Pennsylvania and new York were nearing completion and the most important scientific results were appearing in the American Journal of Science, Lyell was eager to visit these and other states to see field areas first hand and notified Silliman and Hall of his intended visit.
In his study Owen practised the then new method of employing a fixed system of colours to denote strata on a geological map.He was the first to aply the term "Carboniferous" to coal measures and the first to name and correlate many of the formations of the Mississippi Valley.
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 Learn more about List of world's fairs in the online encyclopedia.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
1889 - Paris, France - Exposition Universelle (1889) - Eiffel Tower
1901 - Buffalo, New York - Pan-American Exposition
1939 - Wellington, New Zealand - New Zealand Centennial Exhibition
www.onlineencyclopedia.org /l/li/list_of_world_s_fairs.html   (2830 words)

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