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Subject:Re: A bit of off topic history...
From:Andrew Grebneff
Date:Fri, 24 Mar 2006 19:34:52 +1200

>A while back there was a bit of bother here about where Dunedin is.
>Well, this is from the "Scotsman News" daily e-newspaper.
>
>   On 23 March 1848 the ship John Wickliffe anchored at Port
>Chalmers, New Zealand. From here Scottish settlers founded the city
>of Dunedin (the Gaelic name for Edinburgh). One of the city founders
>was Rev Thomas Burns, a nephew of the poet Robert Burns. To read
>about travelling Scots visit heritage.scotsman.com
>
>   Mostly for the rest of us geographically challenged types...  ...enjoy.

Dunedin's on the east coast near the southern end of New Zealand's
South Island.

Don't forget Dunedin, Florida (part of the Tampa complex).
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Andrew Grebneff
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