Lansdowne | |
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 Henley Lake beside the Ruamahunga River | |
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| Coordinates: 40°56′19″S 175°40′35″E / 40.938501°S 175.676481°E | |
| Country | New Zealand |
| City | Masterton |
| Local authority | Masterton District Council |
| Area | |
| • Land | 621 ha (1,535 acres) |
| Population (June 2024)[2] | |
• Total | 5,020 |
| Hospitals | Wairarapa Hospital |
| Ōpaki | ||
| Ngaumutawa |
  Lansdowne  |
Tauweru |
| Masterton Central | Masterton East | Wainuioru |
Lansdowne, one of Masterton's largest suburbs, is on the left bank of the Waipoua stream at the north-western end of Masterton, New Zealand. On the town's highest ground it provides broad vistas of much of the Wairarapa Valley.[3][4] It is further distinguished from the rest of the town by having been subdivided late in the 19th century and because it was administered by the Masterton County Council. It was amalgamated with Masterton Borough in 1921.[5]
Lansdowne was named by an early settler, J. Valentine Smith, who named his station after his father-in-law's station in New South Wales. His 2,085 acre estate was bought in 1884 by T. C. Williams.[6]
Parts of Lansdowne, Lansdowne Hill and Lansdowne Terrace, are more affluent than most other Masterton suburbs. The property prices are helped by the suburb's views of the Tararua Ranges, the presence of a retirement village and two golf courses, on the top of the hill and at Mahunga by the Waipoua stream.[7][8]
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
Areawas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Aotearoa Data Explorer". Statistics New Zealand. Retrieved 26 October 2024.
- ^ Lansdowne Google Maps New Zealand. Google. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
- ^ "Masterton". Google Maps New Zealand. Google Maps. Retrieved 26 January 2012.
- ^ Evening Post, 28 May 1921, Page 6
- ^ Wairarapa Standard, 4 February 1884, Page 2
- ^ "The Course on the Hill". Masterton Golf Course website. Retrieved 26 January 2012.
- ^ "Location". Mahunga Golf Club website. Retrieved 8 March 2016.