Coroglen

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Coroglen (North Island)
Coroglen
Coroglen

Coroglen is a locality in the Coromandel Peninsula, New Zealand. It lies on State Highway 25, 18 km south of Whitianga and 26 km north west of Tairua.[1][2]

[edit] History

The town was founded as "Gumtown" in the late 19th century with a kauri sawmill.[3] In the early 1900s, Gumtown had three stores, a bakery, a butcher's, a bootmaker, a blacksmith, a hotel, two boarding houses, and a billiard saloon. By the 1990s, now called Coroglen, it had only a tavern, a single store, and a school.[4]

[edit] Education

Coroglen School is a coeducational full primary (years 1-8) school with a decile rating of 6 and a roll of 41.[5]

Coordinates: 36°55′25″S, 175°41′30″E

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Peter Dowling (editor) (2004). Reed New Zealand Atlas. Reed Books, map 16. ISBN 0-7900-0952-8. 
  2. ^ Roger Smith, GeographX (2005). The Geographic Atlas of New Zealand. Robbie Burton, map 41. ISBN 1-877333-20-4. 
  3. ^ Michael King (1993). The Coromandel, p 97. ISBN 0-908884-29-X. 
  4. ^ King, p 99
  5. ^ Te Kete Ipurangi - Coroglen School. Ministry of Education.
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