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Invercargill (N.Z.)

URI(s)

http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n83232766

Codes

u-nz---

Variants

Invercargill, N.Z.
Borough of Invercargill (N.Z.)
City of Invercargill (NZ.)
Invercargill City (N.Z.)
Invercargill District (N.Z.)
Waihopai (Southland, N.Z.)

Identifies LC/NAF RWO

http://id.loc.gov/rwo/agents/n83232766

Identifies RWO

Descriptor
Associated Locale

Related Terms

Southland County (N.Z.)

Exact Matching Concepts from Other Schemes

http://viaf.org/viaf/sourceID/LC%7Cn++83232766#skos:Concept

Closely Matching Concepts from Other Schemes

Invercargill Label from public data source Wikidata
New Zealand--Invercargill

Earlier Established Forms

Invercargill, N.Z.
Southland County (N.Z.)

Sources

found: New Zealand. Dept. of Lands and Survey. Map of Invercargill ... 1981:map recto (Invercargill)

found: LC data base, 11/7/83(hdg.: Invercargill, N.Z.)

found: Borough of Invercargill, New Zealand, 1921

found: Invercargill (N.Z.). City Council. Statement of accounts, 1977:t.p. (City of Invercargill)

found: NZ yrbk., 1993:p. 39 (Invercargill City)

found: Local government reorganisation, 1989:p. 167 (Invercargill District) p. 172 (Local authorities and districts to be abolished [include] Southland County)

found: New Zealand gazetteer, via WWW, viewed on July 31, 2024:search for place names (Invercargill; feature type: city; location: 46.429S 168.362E; land district: Southland)

found: Wikipedia WWW, viewed on July 31, 2024:Invercargill page (Invercargill (Māori: Waihōpai) is the southernmost and westernmost city in New Zealand; Inver comes from the Scottish Gaelic word inbhir meaning a river's mouth and Cargill is in honour of Captain William Cargill, who was at the time the Superintendent of Otago, of which Southland was then a part)

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Collection Membership(s)

Change Notes

1983-11-09: new
2024-07-31: revised

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