Gowrie
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Gowrie may refer to several places:
  • Gowrie
    Gowrie
    Gowrie may refer to several places:* Gowrie, a province in Scotland** Carse of Gowrie, the southern part of Gowrie noted for its farmlandGowrie may also refer to:* Gowrie, Australian Capital Territory, a suburb of Canberra, Australia...

    , a province in Scotland
    • Carse of Gowrie
      Carse of Gowrie
      The Carse of Gowrie consists of a stretch of low-lying country in the southern part of Gowrie, Perth and Kinross, Scotland. It stretches for about 20 miles along the north shore of the Firth of Tay between Perth and Dundee. The area offers high quality agricultural land and is well known as a major...

      , the southern part of Gowrie noted for its farmland


Gowrie may also refer to:
  • Gowrie, Australian Capital Territory
    Gowrie, Australian Capital Territory
    Gowrie is a suburb of Canberra, Australia, located in the northern end of the Tuggeranong Valley. Tuggeranong suburbs are the southernmost of Australia's capital city...

    , a suburb of Canberra, Australia
  • Gowrie, Iowa
    Gowrie, Iowa
    Gowrie is a city in Webster County, Iowa, United States. The population was 1,038 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Gowrie is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all of it land....

    , United States


It may also refer to several people:
  • Alexander Hore-Ruthven, 1st Earl of Gowrie
    Alexander Hore-Ruthven, 1st Earl of Gowrie
    Brigadier General Alexander Gore Arkwright Hore-Ruthven, 1st Earl of Gowrie VC, GCMG, CB, DSO & Bar, PC was a British soldier and colonial governor and the tenth Governor-General of Australia. Serving for 9 years and 7 days, he is the longest serving Governor-General in Australia's history...

    , former Governor-General of Australia
  • John Ruthven, 3rd Earl of Gowrie
    John Ruthven, 3rd Earl of Gowrie
    John Ruthven, 3rd Earl of Gowrie was a Scottish nobleman, the second son of William Ruthven, 1st Earl of Gowrie and his wife Dorothea Stewart...

    , Scottish conspirator


It may also refer to several other topics:
  • The Earl of Gowrie
    Earl of Gowrie
    Earl of Gowrie is a title that has been created twice, once in the Peerage of Scotland and once in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, both times for members of the Ruthven family. It takes its name from Gowrie, a historical region and ancient province of Scotland. On 23 August 1581 William Ruthven,...

    , a peerage title in Scotland and the United Kingdom
  • The Gowrie Conspiracy, an attempt to kidnap the soon-to-be James I of England in 1600
  • Gowrie railway station, Melbourne, Australia, a number of ships with this name
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