インバーカーギルニュージーランド

インバーカーギル、市、サウスランド地方議会、南島、ニュージーランド。インバーカーギルは、ワイホパイ川沿いの南島の最南端、ニュー川河口との合流点近くにあります。地域の農業産業のためのサービスセンターである都市は、北、東、西に伸びる平野に位置しています。河口は南に、スヴォート島から南島を隔てるフォヴォー海峡に通じています。

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そこに住む人々はそれをヘラスと呼んでいます。私たちはこの国を何と呼びますか？

マオリ人は、ヨーロッパ人がこの地域に到着するまで、何世紀もの間この地域に住んでいました。キャプテンジェームズクックと彼の乗組員は1770年に最初にフォヴォー海峡を含む南島の南端を航海し、3年後に再び通過しました。ヨーロッパ人は一時的なことが多いが、1700年代後半から1800年代初頭にこの地域に到着し始め、アザラシやクジラの狩猟の可能性に魅了された。現在のインバーカーギルを含む地域は、1853年にMurihiku Purchaseと呼ばれる契約でニュージーランドの会社によってマオリから購入されました。購入から数年以内に、ニュージーランドの当局者、特にトーマスゴアブラウン知事は、インバーカーギルと呼ばれる町の設立を計画し始めました。この名前は、当時のオタゴ地方で著名な開拓者であり管理者であったウィリアムカーギル船長を称えるために選ばれました。

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.