Burnside, Canterbury

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Burnside (in Christchurch, New Zealand) is a suburb located South East of Christchurch International Airport. As with most suburbs in Christchurch, it has no legal boundaries and is just a general area.

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Burnside was originally part of a farm, approximately 1700 acres in size, owned by a man named William Boag. It was named for the small creeks that formed the headwaters of the Waimairi Stream.[1]

For the first 100 years of European settlement, the area in and around Burnside was farmland, with sheep, cattle and orchards populating the land.

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


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