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Georgetown, Otago

locality in Otago, New Zealand

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 20, 2026
Entity authorityQ113100960 ↗
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Georgetown is a small settlement close to the south bank of the Waitaki River in the South Island of New Zealand. It is located 15 km (9.3 mi) southeast of Duntroon, to which it is connected via State Highway 83.

The first sections in the area were sold in 1870. The location was named for former Otago Provincial Treasurer George Duncan.

The area around Georgetown is noted for the presence of early Māori rock paintings, and the discovery of many moa remains.

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This entry incorporates text from “Georgetown, Otago” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.