| LC control no. | n 85064110 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Geographic heading | Thames (N.Z.) |
| Geographic subdivision usage | New Zealand--Thames |
| Variant(s) | Thames, N.Z. Thames Borough (N.Z.) Borough of Thames (N.Z.) Shortland (N.Z.) Shortland Town (N.Z.) Grahamstown (N.Z.) |
| See also | Thames-Coromandel District (N.Z.) |
| Other standard no. | Q1691479 43511 |
| Associated country | New Zealand |
| Found in | New Zealand. Dept. of Lands and Survey. Street map of Thames ... 1984. LC data base, 9/24/85 (hdg.: Thames, N.Z.) BGN 9/24/85 (Thames, borough, 37°08ʹS, 175°33ʹE; variant: Thames Borough) A digger's diary at the Thames (1867), 1978: p. 5 ("By March 1868 the town of Shortland (which, joined with Grahamstown, was later renamed Thames) was enjoying a period of prosperity. The flavor of life in this goldfield town is captured in the final extract, Shortland Town by night ...) Borough of Thames by-laws, 1918 NZ off. yrbk., 1977 p. 62 (Thames-Coromandel District, constituted on 1 Oct. 1975 and amalgamating the former Thames and Coromandel Counties and Thames Borough) Discover New Zealand, 1994 p. 145 (Thames, township; [in] Thames-Coromandel District) GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009 (civil; 37°08ʹ00ʺS 175°33ʹ00ʺE) New Zealand gazetteer, via WWW, viewed on December 13, 2024: search for place names (Thames; feature type: town; location: 37.138S 175.451E; history/origin/meaning: Firth of Thames: The Firth or Frith of Thames was so named by Captain James Cook in November 1769. To the Waihou River he gave the name Thames 'on account of it bearing some resemblance to that river in England'. The town of Thames includes the earlier localities of Tararu, Parawai, Shortland, and Grahamstown (laid out by Robert Graham)) |
| Geographic area code | u-nz--- |
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