Subject: Re: Glenelg, was: New Zealand palindromes<br/>
Date: Dec 02, 2001 @ 14:50<br/>
Author: Grant Hutchison (&quot;Grant Hutchison&quot; &lt;granthutchison@...&gt;)<br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-159185263"><blockquote><span title="ireply">&gt; Having researched it, I can say that most of the Glenelgs in <br/>
&gt; Australia and New Zealand (and there&#39;s a fair number in both <br/>
&gt; countries) are probably not named directly for the Scotland town. <br/>
&gt; Rather in the 1830s, a Lord Glenelg (Charles Grant) was Colonial <br/>
&gt; Secretary under Lord Melbourne. The suburb of Aldelaide was certainly <br/>
&gt; named for him, and I suspect the others are as well. (In fact, the <br/>
&gt; city of Melbourne was almost named Glenelg.)<br/>
 </span></blockquote>That makes more sense. The original Glenelg is and was too tiny place<br/>
to have generated so many fond expats.<br/>
<br/>
<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt; As far as the mountain named Gog, is there a nearby one named Magog?<br/>
 </span></blockquote>But of course. The Biblical brothers are found together twice in<br/>
GeoNet&#39;s New Zealand data, both times just a couple of km apart. <br/>
(They feature in British legend too, as does a giant named Gogmagog<br/>
who was turned into a hill in Cambridgeshire.)<br/>
<br/>
Grant</div>