Dunedin

:Alternative meanings at Dunedin (disambiguation)

Noted inhabitants

The arts

• Thomas Bracken (21 December 1843 -- 16 February 1898), the noted late-19th century poet who wrote the New Zealand National Anthem and who was the first person to publish the phrase "God's Own Country".
• Illustrator and engraver John Buckland Wright.
• Maori sculptor Carissa Proffit (b 1974), who works in Oamaru stone.
• Nobel Prize short-listee Janet Frame, born there in 1924, died there in 2004: NZ Edge biography
• Writer James K. Baxter was born in Dunedin in 1926 and wrote many of his plays there in the '60s in association with Rosalie and Patric Carey's Globe Theatre.
• Cartoonist David Low lived in Dunedin before making his fame in London.
• Caricature artist Murray Webb remains a resident.
• Maori painter Ralph Hotere lives and works in Port Chalmers.
• Painters Grahame Sydney, Jeffrey Harris and Claire Beynon all live in Dunedin.
• Actor Sam Neill has close associations with Dunedin.
• Playwright Roger Hall lived and wrote in Dunedin for several years.
• Prominent architects Francis Petre and Robert Lawson both lived and worked in Dunedin.
• Many of New Zealand?s top bands of the 1980s and early 1990s started out in Dunedin, establishing the Dunedin Sound.

Politics and business

• A large proportion of the country's leading companies in and beyond the 20th century originated in Dunedin. A selection of relevant company or brand names includes Arthur Barnett, Donaghy, Fletcher, Fulton Hogan, Hallenstein, Methven, Mosgiel, NZI, Ravensdown, Wests, Whitcoulls, and Wrightson.
• The Bell Tea Company was founded here in 1898 and still has one of its factories in Hope Street (possibly recently mothballed).
• Deputy Prime Minister (since 1999) Michael Cullen was Member of Parliament for the Dunedin electorate of Saint Kilda from 1981 until 1999.

Science

• Tramway and mining engineer George Smith Duncan was born in Dunedin in 1852, attended the University of Otago and was instrumental in building the Dunedin cable tramway system.
• Two of the founders of modern plastic surgery, Harold Gillies and Archibald McIndoe were born in Dunedin in 1882 and 1900 respectively.
• Popular e-mail program Pegasus Mail was written by David Harris while he was employed by the University of Otago.

Sport

• World record-breaking middle-distance athlete Jack Lovelock lived in the city, as did Olympic champions long jumper Yvette (Corlett) Williams and swimmer Danyon Loader.
• Other sporting celebrities to have lived in Dunedin include cricketers Glenn Turner and Clarrie Grimmett, netballer Lois Muir, yachtsman Russell Coutts and double international (cricket and rugby) Jeff Wilson.

Other

• Duncan Boyes was buried in Dunedin in 1869.