Billabong
Billabong is a farmstead in South Wairarapa District, Greater Wellington. Billabong is situated nearby to the hamlet Tauwharenīkau, as well as near the town Featherston.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Fernside Homestead and Featherston prisoner of war camp.
Fernside Homestead
Manor estate
Fernside is a five-bedroom white-weatherboard slate-roofed American Colonial Revival style house with an L-shape plan. It covers approximately 9,000 square feet or less than 1,000 square metres. Fernside Homestead is situated 2 km west of Billabong.
Featherston prisoner of war camp
Historic site
Photo: RDMALB, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Featherston prisoner of war camp was a camp for captured Japanese soldiers during World War II at Featherston, New Zealand, notorious for a 1943 incident in which 48 Japanese and one New Zealander were killed. Featherston prisoner of war camp is situated 3 km west of Billabong.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tauwharenīkau and Featherston.
Tauwharenīkau
Hamlet
Tauwharenīkau is a rural locality and a statistical area in the South Wairarapa District and Wellington Region of New Zealand's North Island. The locality is on SH 2 about 5 km east of Featherston and 7 km southwest of Greytown by road, and the statistical area covers the Tauwharenīkau River valley and plain north of SH 53.
Featherston
Town
Photo: Deano87, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Featherston is a town in the South Wairarapa District, in the Wellington Region of New Zealand's North Island. It is at the eastern foothills of Remutaka Range close to the northern shore of Lake Wairarapa, 63 km north-east of central Wellington and 37 km south-west of Masterton. Featherston is situated 6 km west of Billabong.
Greytown
Town
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Greytown, is a rural town in the South Wairarapa District in the lower North Island of New Zealand. It is 77 km by road north-east of Wellington and 24 km southwest of Masterton, travelling via State Highway 2. Greytown is situated 7 km northeast of Billabong.
Billabong
- Type: Farmstead
- Category: agriculture
- Location: South Wairarapa District, Greater Wellington, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude
-41.10827° or 41° 6′ 30″ southLongitude
175.3902° or 175° 23′ 25″ eastElevation
57 metres (187 feet)Open location code
4VCQV9RR+M3GeoNames ID
6226297
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