Burnside, Canterbury

For other places with the same name, see Burnside.

Burnside
Burnside
Coordinates: 43°29′59″S 172°34′07″E / 43.499857°S 172.568658°E / -43.499857; 172.568658Coordinates: 43°29′59″S 172°34′07″E / 43.499857°S 172.568658°E / -43.499857; 172.568658
Area
• Total	1.1290 km² (0.4359 sq mi)
Population (2006)
• Total	2,370
• Density	2,100/km² (5,400/sq mi)

Burnside is a suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand, located southeast of Christchurch International Airport. As with most suburbs in Christchurch, it has no defined boundaries and is a general area.

History

Burnside was originally part of a farm, approximately 1,700 acres (6.9 km²) in size, owned by the early settler William Boag (1828-1904), who arrived in 1851 from Perthshire. It was named for the small creeks that formed the headwaters of the Waimairi Stream.^[1]^[2] The name Burnside was made official by the Waimairi County Council in 1959,^[3] although Burnside Road had been renamed Memorial Avenue in 1950.^[4]

For the first hundred years of European settlement, the area in and around Burnside was farmland, with sheep, cattle and orchards occupying the land.

Schools

Burnside Primary School opened in 1956.
Burnside High School opened in February 1960.
Kendal School opened in 1961.
Isleworth School opened at the beginning of 1962.
Cobham Intermediate, named initially Fendalton Intermediate, opened in 1963.
Roydvale School opened in 1967.
Christ the King Primary School.

Suburb

Burnside contains a central park (Burnside Park), and its two central roads are Memorial Avenue and Greers Road. It contains a smaller park (Jellie Park) opposite Burnside High School on Greers Road.

References

↑ "Bryndwr and Burnside". Christchurch City Libraries. Retrieved 30 September 2011.
↑ Reed, A. W. (2010). Peter Dowling, ed. Place Names of New Zealand. Rosedale, North Shore: Raupo. p. 64. ISBN 978-0-14-320410-7. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
↑ Harper, Margaret (July 2011). "Christchurch Place Names" (HTML). Christchurch City Libraries. p. 36. Retrieved 30 September 2011.
↑ O’Connor, Paul (2009). Choosing the Right Path: Burnside High School 1960-2010. Christchurch: Silver Fox Publishing. p. 12. ISBN 978-0-473-15685-5.

External links

Christchurch City Libraries — History of Bryndwr and Burnside

Suburbs of Christchurch City, Canterbury, New Zealand

Main suburbs	Aranui Belfast Bishopdale Burnside Cashmere Central City Fendalton Halswell Hornby Linwood Merivale New Brighton Papanui Riccarton Shirley St Albans Sumner Sydenham Woolston

Minor suburbs	Addington Aidanfield Avondale Avonhead Avonside Barrington Beckenham Bexley Bottle Lake Bridgend Bromley Brooklands Broomfield Burwood Bryndwr Casebrook Chaneys Clifton Coutts Island Cracroft Dallington Edgeware Ferrymead Harewood Heathcote Valley Hei Hei Hillmorton Hillsborough Hoon Hay Huntsbury Hyde Park Ilam Islington Kainga Kennedys Bush Mairehau Marshland Masham Middleton Moncks Bay Mount Pleasant Murray Aynsley Hill North Linwood North New Brighton Northcote Northwood Oaklands Opawa Ouruhia Parklands Phillipstown Queenspark Redcliffs Redwood Richmond Richmond Hill Richmond South Russley St Andrews Hill St Martins Scarborough Sockburn Somerfield South New Brighton Southshore Spencerville Spreydon Stewarts Gully Strowan Styx Taylors Mistake Upper Riccarton Waimairi Beach Wainoni Waltham Westlake Westmorland Wigram Yaldhurst

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