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Topic: Otago Jubilee Industrial Exhibition 1898


  
  Dunedin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
Otago Girls High School (1871) is said to be the oldest state secondary school for girls in the Southern Hemisphere.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Dunedin   (3559 words)

  
 ★ Dunedin New Zealand Guide. Information, links and Picture
Known in Maori as Otepoti, the city stands on the hills and valleys surrounding the head of Otago Harbour.
During the 20th century, influence and activity moved north to the other centres ("the drift north"), but by the end of the century Dunedin had re-established its identity as a centre of excellence in tertiary education and research.
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)

  
 Learn more about List of world's fairs in the online encyclopedia.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
1870 - Sydney, Australia - Intercolonial Exhibition (1870)
1873 - Sydney, Australia - Metropolitan Intercolonial Exhibition (1873)
1876 - Brisbane, Australia - Intercolonial Exhibition (1876)
www.onlineencyclopedia.org /l/li/list_of_world_s_fairs.html   (2830 words)

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