Fitzroy, Taranaki

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Fitzroy
Basic information
Local authority New Plymouth
Population 3,591 (2006)
Surrounds
North (North Taranaki Bight)
Northeast Bell Block
Southeast Glen Avon
South Merrilands
West Strandon
Northwest (North Taranaki Bight)

Fitzroy is a coastal suburb of New Plymouth, in the western North Island of New Zealand. It is located to the east of the city centre.

New Plymouth City in Taranaki, New Zealand

New Plymouth is the major city of the Taranaki Region on the west coast of the North Island of New Zealand. It is named after the English city of Plymouth from where the first English settlers migrated. The New Plymouth District, which includes New Plymouth City and several smaller towns, is the 10th largest district in New Zealand, and has a population of 74,184 – about two-thirds of the total population of the Taranaki Region and 1.7% of New Zealand's population. This includes New Plymouth City (58,300), Waitara (6,483), Inglewood (3,380), Oakura (1,359), Okato (561) and Urenui (429).

North Island The northern of the two main islands of New Zealand

The North Island, also officially named Te Ika-a-Māui, is one of the two main islands of New Zealand, separated from the larger but much less populous South Island by Cook Strait. The island's area is 113,729 square kilometres (43,911 sq mi), making it the world's 14th-largest island. It has a population of 3,749,200.

New Zealand Country in Oceania

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The population was 3,591 in the 2006 Census, a decrease of 48 from 2001. [1]

The area was initially named the Fitzroy Block after Governor Robert FitzRoy reduced the land purchased by the Plymouth Company from local Māori from 25,000 hectares (62,000 acres) to 1,500 hectares (3,700 acres) in the mid-1840s. [2]

Robert FitzRoy Royal Navy officer and scientist

Vice-Admiral Robert FitzRoy FRS was an English officer of the Royal Navy and a scientist. He achieved lasting fame as the captain of HMS Beagle during Charles Darwin's famous voyage, FitzRoy's second expedition to Tierra del Fuego and the Southern Cone.

Holy Trinity Church in Henui Street is listed as a Category I structure with Heritage New Zealand. [3]

Holy Trinity Church in New Plymouth, New Zealand, is registered by Heritage New Zealand as a Category I structure. Built in 1872 as an Anglican church, it was extended in 1888 by James Sanderson and again in 1903 by Francis Messenger, and renovated in 1927 and the 1960s.

Heritage New Zealand

Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga is a Crown entity with a membership of around 20,000 people that advocates for the protection of ancestral sites and heritage buildings in New Zealand. It was set up through the Historic Places Act 1954 with a mission to "...promote the identification, protection, preservation and conservation of the historical and cultural heritage of New Zealand" and is an autonomous Crown entity. Its current enabling legislation is the Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga Act 2014.

Education

Fitzroy School is a coeducational contributing primary (years 1-6) school with a roll of 299. [4] The school celebrated its 125th jubilee in 2007. [5]

Sacred Heart Girls' College is a Catholic girls' secondary (years 7-13) school with a roll of 688. [6] The school was founded in 1884 and moved to its present site in 1960. It became a state integrated school in 1982. The secondary school has an attached intermediate school. [7]

Sacred Heart Girls' College is a secondary and intermediate school in New Plymouth, New Zealand.

St John Bosco School is a coeducational contributing primary (years 1-6) school with a roll of 205. [8] It is a state integrated Catholic school, established in 1942. [9]

All these schools have a decile rating of 8.

Notes

  1. Quickstats about Fitzroy
  2. Ron Lambert and Gail Henry (2000). Taranaki, An Illustrated History. Auckland, N.Z.: Reed. p. 33. ISBN   0-7900-0727-4.
  3. "Holy Trinity Church (Anglican)". Register of Historic Places. Heritage New Zealand . Retrieved 18 March 2016.
  4. "Te Kete Ipurangi - Fitzroy School". Ministry of Education.
  5. "Jubilees & reunions: Fitzroy School 125th Jubilee 2007". Education Gazette New Zealand. 86 (3). 5 March 2007. Archived from the original on 2008-10-16.
  6. "Te Kete Ipurangi - Sacred Heart Girls College, New Plymouth". Ministry of Education.
  7. "A Short History of Sacred Heart Girls' College". Sacred Heart Girls’ College.
  8. "Te Kete Ipurangi - St John Bosco School, New Plymouth". Ministry of Education.
  9. "In-depth History of St John Bosco School". St John Bosco School.

Coordinates: 39°2′49″S174°6′17″E / 39.04694°S 174.10472°E / -39.04694; 174.10472

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