✨ Provincial District Boundaries
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Waikari District comprises all that area, bounded on the north by the Northern Boundary of Block V, Dunedin and East Taieri District; on the east by the Water of Leith and Town of Dunedin; on the south by that road-line running, from Maclaggan street to Look-out Point, thence by a direct line through Trig. Stations Y and D to that road-line running along the Kaikorai Ranges; on the west by that road-line towards Stoney Knowe, and the western boundary of Block V, Dunedin and East Taieri District.
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Green Island and Caversham District comprises all that area, bounded on the north by Waikari, Dunedin, Otago Harbour, and Peninsula District; on the east and south by the Ocean; and on the west by the Kaikorai and Abbott’s Creeks, and by the Western boundary of Block VI, Dunedin and East Taieri District, and that road leading along the Kaikorai Ranges.
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Taieri District comprises all that area, bounded on the north by Sutton’s Stream, the Taieri River, the Allan Creek, thence by the Water Shed of the Silver Peak Hills to Swampy Hill; on the east by Waikari, Caversham, and Green Island Districts, and the Ocean; on the south by the Taieri, Waipori Lake and River to its source; and on the west by the Water Shed of the Lammerlaw Ranges.
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Waihola District comprises all that area, bounded on the north by Taieri District; on the east by the Ocean, by Akatore Stream, and the southern boundaries of Blocks III, V, and VI, Clarendon District, Blocks I and II, Waihola Lake District; and on the west by the western boundary of Block I, Waihola Lake District, and Blocks.
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Tokomairiro District comprises all that area, bounded on the north by Fruidburn, Taieri and Waihola Districts; on the east by the Ocean; on the south by the Wangaloa Creek to Trig. Station I, thence by Fraser and Lovell’s Creeks to Mount Stuart, thence by Dull Burn and the Waitahuna; and on the west by the Clutha River.
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Matau District, including Kaitangata and Inch Clutha, comprises all that area bounded on the north by Tokomairiro District; on the east by the Ocean; and on the south and west by the Clutha River, and its southern arm.
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Clutha District comprises all that area, bounded on the north by the Waikaka and Pukerau Streams, thence by a Swamp and the Waipahee, thence by the water Shed of the Tapanui Ranges to the Fruidburn Junction, thence by Tokomairiro and Matau Districts; on the east and south by the Ocean; and on the west by the Mataura.
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Lindis District comprises all that area, bounded on the north by the Province of Canterbury; on the east by the Kurow River and Mountains; on the south by the Hawkdun and St. Bathans Mountains, the Cluden, Lindis, Clutha, and Tinwald, thence by the Water Shed of Mount Pisa and Earnslaw; and on the west thence by the Snowy Ranges to Canterbury Province.
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Manuherikia District comprises all that area, bounded on the north by the Lindis District; on the east by the Kyeburn, Rock and Pillar Mountains, and the Lammerlaw Ranges; on the south by Tokomairiro District; and on the west by the Clutha, thence to Mount Benger, and by the Obelisk and Carrick Ranges and Double Rock to Mount Pisa.
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Wakatip District comprises all that area bounded on the north by the Province of Canterbury; on the east by the Lindis, Manuherikia, and Clutha Districts; on the south by the Province of Southland and the Ocean; and on the west by the Ocean.
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Oamaru Country District comprises all that area, bounded on the north by the Waitaki; on the east by the Ocean and Oamaru Town District; on the south by the Horse Ranges and Kakanui Mountains; and on the west by the Manuherikia and Lindis Districts.
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Waikouaiti District comprises all that area, bounded on the north by Oamaru Country District; on the east by the Ocean; on the south by North Harbour, Waikari and Taieri Districts; and on the west by Manuherikia District.
The above forms may be had from the Returning Officer, Dunedin, or the various Police Offices on the Gold-fields, and at the Post Offices in the other parts of the Province, free of charge.
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Description of Provincial Districts
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🏘️ Provincial & Local GovernmentProvincial Districts, Waikari, Green Island, Caversham, Taieri, Waihola, Tokomairiro, Matau, Clutha, Lindis, Manuherikia, Wakatip, Oamaru, Waikouaiti
Otago Provincial Gazette 1863, No 229