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Alexandra surveyed

Surveyor J. A. Connell laid out a town at the junction of the Clutha and Manuherikia rivers in March 1863 and named it after Alexandra, the Danish princess whose planned marriage that month to Edward, Prince of Wales aroused keen interest.

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: MapColl 834.5191bje/1863/Acc.9819

by John Aitken Connell

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Malcolm McKinnon, Place names – The imperial connection, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/zoomify/19343/alexandra-surveyed (accessed 25 June 2026).

Story by Malcolm McKinnon, published 1 March 2009.