| LC control no. | n 88238491 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Geographic heading | Arrowtown (N.Z.) |
| Geographic subdivision usage | New Zealand--Arrowtown |
| Variant(s) | Borough of Arrowtown (N.Z.) Arrowtown Borough (N.Z.) Arrow Town (N.Z.) Arrow (N.Z.) Kā Muriwai (N.Z.) |
| See also | Queenstown-Lakes District (N.Z.) |
| Other standard no. | 15751 Q703016 |
| Beginning date | 186X |
| Associated country | New Zealand |
| Special note | Old cat. hdg.: Arrowtown, N.Z. |
| Found in | New Zealand. Dept. of Survey and Land Information. Streetfinder. Queenstown, Alexandra, Arrowtown ... 1987. LC data base, 5/31/89 (hdg.: Arrowtown, N.Z.) BGN 5/31/89 (Arrowtown, borough, 44°56ʹS, 168°50ʹE) Arrowtown (N.Z.). Borough Council. Statement of general statistics, 1978: t.p. (Borough of Arrowtown) Local government reorganisation, 1989: p. 156 (Queenstown-Lakes District) p. 162 (Local authorities and districts to be abolished [include] Arrowtown Borough) Discover New Zealand, 1994: p. 425 (Arrowtown; town ... [in] Queenstown-Lakes District) GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009 (civil; 44°56ʹ00ʺS 168°50ʹ00ʺE) New Zealand Place Names Database, via WWW, Jan. 13, 2012 (Arrowtown. District: Otago. Description: POPULATED PLACE: Populated area less than a town. Lat: -44.9448 Long: 168.8175) Wikipedia, Jan. 13, 2012 (Arrowtown is a historic gold mining town in the Otago region of the South Island of New Zealand; Arrowtown was constituted as a borough in 1867 and became part of the Queenstown-Lakes District in the local government reorganisation of 1989) New Zealand gazetteer, via WWW, viewed on February 20, 2024: search for place names (Arrowtown (N.Z.); feature type: town; location: 44.943S 168.830E; land district: Otago) Wikipedia WWW site, viewed on February 22, 2024: Arrowtown page (In August 1862 Jack Tewa found gold in the Arrow River, and a township of 1,000 miners soon sprang up. It was initially named Fox's, based on William Fox's claim to have been first to find gold there, but was soon renamed Arrowtown) Papers Past WWW site, viewed on February 22, 2024: Otago daily times, February 6, 1863, page 5 The Lake Country (Queenstown, Arrow Town and Frankton); November 23, 1868, page 3 The Provincial Executive And The Land (The town of Arrow) Arrowtown WWW site, viewed on February 22, 2024: Tohu Whenua Landmarks page (Before Arrowtown was established the area was known by tāngata whenua as Kā Muriwai, a name which references the three waterways, one of which is the Haehaenui - the Arrow River) |
| Geographic area code | u-nz--- |
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