There were already many Scott Streets in wider Dunedin (there are still two, in Waverley and St Kilda) so Captain Scott's second name was used instead. You've read the plaque at I may be some time so you know why John Street was renamed Oates Street and James Street was renamed Falcon Street in 1913, following the tragic 1912 British Antarctic Expedition. And in 1921 Brunswick Road, South Dunedin, was renamed Loyalty Street in recognition that the street had provided more soldiers for the war in relation to the number of households than any other street in the city. Zetland Street, NEV, was changed to Jura Street (although there was no actual German connection here either - it was named after the Marquess of Zetland). The residents of Linden Street asked for the name to be changed to Wright Street in 1918 (because the main avenue in Berlin was the Unter der Linden, 'under the lime trees'). Patriotism was another reason for street name changes. The City Engineer had a reference list of 1916 street name changes: List of street names changed 1916 with a number of later street name changes added by hand. Interesting to see that Cutten St, Andersons Bay, became Gallipoli St and the area in front of the Railway Station was named Anzac Square. This lists Gordon Street, Mornington, changing to Jordon St ('Jordon' must have been a typo?) and also Gordon St, NEV, changing to Gillespie St. In 1916 the DCC passed a Special Order Altering Street Names: ODT 18 April 1916. Many boroughs amalgamated with Dunedin City at the start of the 20th century - Caversham 1904, South Dunedin 1905, Roslyn 1912, Maori Hill 1915 and finally Mornington in 1916 - and duplicated street names were usually changed. Postal confusion was the main reason for street name changes. First Ave, NEV, became Zetland Ave and then Jura St.

Broughton St in Wakari changed to Brighton St in 1913 and then again to Beresford St in 1951. Gordon/Jordan/Oakwood is not the only Dunedin street which has changed names three times. Were letters being delivered to Gordon Road, Mosgiel? Sometime after 1930 the street received the much more pretentious moniker of Oakwood Avenue. This road was originally Gordon Street and was renamed Jordan Street in 1916. It's one of the many streets in Dunedin which has changed its name over the years. Jordan Street? If you wanted to send a letter the postie would be puzzled - there is no Jordan Street anywhere in Dunedin. Remember that the stamp and stamp pad are part of the letterbox hybrid cache - please leave them in the small screwtop container inside the cache. The stamp (only a bought one, sorry) is a scooter like a postie might use. An easy place to get to on a fine day, but if it's been raining then it will be muddy and slippery underfoot. Follow up the true left bank of the creek about 50 m to a flat area beside a small waterfall. Walk down the path, across the creek, then duck under the handrail. Go to the cul-de-sac at the end of Jordan Street and you'll see a concrete pathway going through the reserve.

This letterbox hybrid cache is in a small reserve at the end of Jordan Street in Mornington.

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