John Turnbull Thomson — Invercargill, New Zealand
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member Dunbar Loop
S 46° 22.479 E 168° 20.535
59G E 295601 N 4860892
J T Thomson had enormous impact on the early life in Southern New Zealand. A British surveyor, he worked in Singapore and the Otago and Southland regions of New Zealand. He named many places, laid out towns and cities, designed bridges in the region.
Waymark Code: WM87TB
Location: South Island, New Zealand
Date Posted: 02/16/2010
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member JIMBOBWE
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There is little doubt that J T Thomson was widely regarded as being influential on Southern New Zealand. Streets and parks are named after him. There are monuments in various locations that note his work. One -- Waymark WM813J -- is a simple hole in a stone and from it Thomson laid out the region around Omarau.

In Invercargill, a city he helped to design, his body is laid out in this rather simple mausoleum surrounded by the graves of his wife, daughter, and the family members

To read more of J T Thomson read this Wikipedia entry.

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St John's Cemetary
Invercargill, Southland New Zealand

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