Longbeach, New Zealand

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Longbeach
Rural locality
Longbeach, New Zealand
Coordinates: 44°06′S171°42′E / 44.100°S 171.700°E / -44.100; 171.700
Country New Zealand
Region Canterbury
Territorial authority Ashburton District
WardEastern

Longbeach is a lowly populated locality in the Canterbury region of New Zealand's South Island. [1] It is located in a rural area of the Canterbury Plains on the shore of the Pacific Ocean on the northern side of the Hinds River's mouth.

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Nearby settlements include Waterton and Eiffelton to the north, and on the other side of the Hinds River, Lowcliffe to the west. The small township of Hinds is to the northwest, while the nearest significantly sized town is Ashburton, further north.

There is a Longbeach School, though it is actually located in nearby Willowby rather than Longbeach. It was formed when three local schools amalgamated in 2000 and caters for students in grades 1 to 8. [2]

In the 1860s, there was a proposal to build the Main South Line railway between Christchurch and Dunedin on a coastal route that would have passed through Longbeach, but this was abandoned in favour of a more inland route through Ashburton that had easier river crossings. [3] However, Longbeach continued to lobby for a railway. In 1878, a proposal was made to extend the Southbridge Branch from Southbridge across the Rakaia River to Longbeach and Waterton. It was primarily intended to serve agricultural interests in the area. Although an appropriate location for a bridge was found, the government never acted on the proposal and it lapsed. [4]

Historic buildings

Several buildings on the Longbeach station are classified as Heritage New Zealand historic places: the two storied brick cookshop, waterwheel, homestead, stables, chapel and cob cottage. [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] The brick buildings were built of bricks manufactured at a steam-powered brickworks at Eiffelton. [11] The original wooden and corrugated iron woolshed was built in the 1880s. [11]

Demographics

Longbeach is part of the Eiffelton statistical area. [12]

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References

  1. ↑ "Place name detail: Longbeach". New Zealand Gazetteer. Land Information New Zealand . Retrieved 20 March 2007.
  2. ↑ Longbeach School, About Us Archived 28 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine , accessed 20 March 2007
  3. ↑ Churchman, Geoffrey B; Hurst, Tony (2001) [1990, 1991]. The Railways of New Zealand: A Journey through History (Second ed.). Transpress New Zealand. p. 179. ISBN   0-908876-20-3.
  4. ↑ "Proposed Extension: The Proposed Extension of the Southbridge Branch Line", New Zealand's Southbridge Branch Line, accessed 13 November 2007.
  5. ↑ "Longbeach Station Flourmill Waterwheel". New Zealand Heritage List/Rārangi Kōrero. Heritage New Zealand . Retrieved 30 January 2025.
  6. ↑ "Longbeach Station Homestead". New Zealand Heritage List/Rārangi Kōrero. Heritage New Zealand . Retrieved 30 January 2025.
  7. ↑ "Longbeach Station Grigg's Stables". New Zealand Heritage List/Rārangi Kōrero. Heritage New Zealand . Retrieved 30 January 2025.
  8. ↑ "Longbeach Station Cookshop". New Zealand Heritage List/Rārangi Kōrero. Heritage New Zealand . Retrieved 30 January 2025.
  9. ↑ "Longbeach Station Chapel". New Zealand Heritage List/Rārangi Kōrero. Heritage New Zealand . Retrieved 30 January 2025.
  10. ↑ "Longbeach Station Cob Cottage". New Zealand Heritage List/Rārangi Kōrero. Heritage New Zealand . Retrieved 30 January 2025.
  11. 1 2 O’Sullivan, A.; Ussher, J. (2024). Woolsheds: the historic shearing sheds of Aotearoa New Zealand. Massey University Press. pp. 146–149. ISBN   9781991016829. OCLC   1473365363.
  12. ↑ 2018 Census place summary: Eiffelton
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