Why Invercargill is one of the bleakest places to be a young person (Kan 2024)
Invercargill, by, Southland regionale råd, South Island, New Zealand. Invercargill ligger i den sydligste del af Sydøen langs Waihopai-floden, nær dens sammenløb med New River-flodmundingen. Byen er et servicecenter for regionens landbrugsindustrier på en slette, der strækker sig mod nord, øst og vest; mod syd fører flodmundingen ind i Foveaux-strædet, der adskiller Sydøen fra Stewart Island.
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De mennesker, der bor der, kalder det Hellas. Hvad kalder vi dette land?
Maori havde beboet regionen i århundreder, da europæerne ankom til området. Kaptajn James Cook og hans besætning var de første, der sejlede rundt på den sydlige spids af Sydøen, inklusive Foveaux-strædet, i 1770 og gik forbi igen tre år senere. Europæere, ofte forbigående, begyndte at ankomme til regionen i slutningen af 1700-tallet og begyndelsen af 1800-tallet, tiltrukket af udsigterne til sæl- og hvalfangst Området inklusive det, der nu er Invercargill, blev købt af Maori af New Zealand Company i 1853 i en aftale kaldet Murihiku-køb. Inden for et par år efter købet begyndte embedsmænd i New Zealand, herunder guvernør Thomas Gore Brown, planlægningen af oprettelsen af en township, der skulle kaldes Invercargill; navnet blev valgt til at ære kaptajn William Cargill, en fremtrædende bosætter og administrator i det, der dengang var Otago-provinsen.
John Kelly, an Irish-born sealer and whaler, arrived with his family in 1856 as the first European settlers near what would soon be chosen as the site of Invercargill. They were quickly followed by a small number of others, forming a settlement known at first as Kelly’s Point or Inverkelly. That same year the chief surveyor for Otago province, John Turnbull Thomson, chose the existing settlement as the location of Invercargill and surveyed and laid out the town site. The first sale of town lands took place in March 1857, and by the end of the year, there were several dozen residents, many of them Scots, and a small number of businesses. Invercargill served as the capital of Southland province (1861–70) during its short existence independent of Otago province. (The provincial system was abolished in 1876.) The town was made a borough in 1871. With the development of the Southland region from the late 19th century as an agricultural and food-processing centre, Invercargill grew rapidly, and it was incorporated as a city in 1930.
Invercargill is the centre of a sheep- and dairy-farming region and has food-processing plants, wool-processing facilities, sawmills, joineries, storage facilities, and engineering plants. The city airport, located approximately 2 miles (3 km) from the city centre, provides domestic connections. Stewart Island can be reached by air from Invercargill or by ferry from the port of Bluff, some 17 miles (27 km) south of the city. The city’s prominent cultural institutions include the Anderson Park Art Gallery, the neo-Georgian former home of a noted local businessman that now houses the work of New Zealand artists; the Southland Museum and Art Gallery; and a number of historic churches, houses, and administrative buildings. Invercargill has an established network of historic walks, parks, and nature trails. The main park, Queen’s Park, features an aviary and rose gardens. The landmark brick Invercargill Water Tower (1889), capped by a cupola, can be climbed for a scenic view of the city. Pop. (2006) 46,773; (2012 est.) 49,000.
