LOCATIONS
U - Z
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PLACENAME |
WHERE |
HISTORY |
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Ururua |
District between Awamangu and Pukekoma |
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Vial’s Corner |
Corner in Romahapa |
Named for Vial’s Hotel which was built on
top side of road |
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Waihola |
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Name associated with Waitaha occupation of
south. |
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Waikaro |
Alternative name for |
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Wai-koata |
Tributary of |
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Waipahi |
River and district and old railway station
10 miles NW of Clinton. River enters |
Wai pahi means slave river, but believed
to be named after the chief Pahi who was born beside it |
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Wairuna |
District and old railway station 6km NW of
Clinton |
‘Wai’ stream and ‘runa’ means dock |
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Wairuna Peak |
Prominent peak between Conical Hills and
Otairaia |
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Waitahuna Island |
Island in Clutha River, just north of where
Waitahuna River enters Clutha, opposite mouth of Pomahaka River |
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Waitahuna River |
Tributary of Clutha River, flowing in from
west. |
Waitahuna was a Ngai Tahu chief killed
during Hillend fighting |
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Waitahuna/Waitahuna West |
12km from Lawrence |
Once known as Havelock after Sir Henry
HAVELOCK, hero of Indian Mutiny |
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Waitepeka
Ploughing at
Waitepeka |
District about six miles from Balclutha |
‘Wai’ means stream, ‘peka’ branch |
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Waitepeka Stream |
Originally flowed from Waitepeka in
easterly direction below Finegand and around eastern side of Otanomomo swamp,
into the Puerua River |
River course has been altered, part of
stream joining Clutha River below Finegand, the other flowing through Paretai
into Puerua River |
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Waiwera/Waiwera South |
District and old railway station 24km W of
Balclutha |
Named after river rising in Steep Face
district, passing to W of Brown Dome and E of Waiwera Cone, then NW to |
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Wallace Head |
Headland on south coast about 2 miles E of
Longbeach creek |
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Wangaloa |
District up coast from Coal Point |
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Warepa |
District and old railway station 13km W of
Balclutha. |
One of earliest settlements was at Warepa
Bush. |
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Washpool Creek |
Flows easterly from Kaitangata hills,
enters sea above Coal Point |
Maori name was ‘Te Waihoaka’, the
grindstone stream, after stone used to work greenstone and other hard stone
for tool and weapon making |
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Washpool Stream |
Stream flowing through Wharetoa district
into Pomahaka River |
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Wattys Stream |
Small stream flowing through Clifton into
Waiwera about 3 miles from Clutha River |
Also a Wattie’s Creek at Conical Hills |
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Wetherstones |
3km from Lawrence |
Named after WETHERSTONE brothers who found
gold while pig hunting |
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Wharetoa |
District on west of Clutha River about 3.5
miles SW of Tuapeka Mouth |
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Wharuarimu |
Name of post office opened 1908, school
called ‘Rimu’ |
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Whawhapo Creek |
Small creek between Kaka Point and Karoro |
Name means ‘crawling by night’ in
reference to incident in Maori fighting |
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White Head |
Headland 3 miles SW of Owaka Harbour |
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Willsher Bay |
Bay at mouth of Karoro stream, near Kaka
Point |
George Willsher and companions settled
here in 1840 |
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Wisp Hill |
Most prominent peak in Wisp Range, the
watershed between Catlins River and headwaters of Owaka River |
Wisp Hill gave name to Brugh’s Run “The
Wisp’ and was given by wife of John CLARKE in 1873. There is a Wisp
Hill in Dumfriesshire. |
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Woolshed, The |
Early name for Glenore district |
Named such because of large woolshed
erected in late 1850’s by James SMITH |
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Sources: |
‘Pioneering in ‘Catlins Pioneering’ by AR Tyrell, pub.
1989 ‘Faith and Toil’ by DJ Sumpter and JJ
Lewis, pub 1949 ‘ ‘Place Names of New Zealand’ by AW Reed,
pub 1975 ‘Otago Place Names’ by JH Beattie, pub |
Please let us know of any we have missed, or are incorrect
Contact: Secretary, Balclutha@genealogy.org.nz
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