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Subject:Re: A bit of off topic history...
From:Jake de Villiers
Date:Fri, 24 Mar 2006 00:19:09 -0800

And the spring training home of the Blue Jays.

On 3/23/06, Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz> wrote:
>
> >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).
> --
> Andrew Grebneff
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