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The council was established in 1989 through the merger of Lawrence Borough Council (established in 1866), [2] Balclutha Borough Council (established in 1870), [3] Clutha County Council (established in 1876), [4] Tapanui Borough Council (established in 1876), [4] and Kaitangata Borough Council (established in 1882).
Clutha District is a local government district of southern New Zealand, with its headquarters in the Otago town of Balclutha. Clutha District has a land area of 6,334.47 km 2 (2,445.75 sq mi) and an estimated population of 19,300 as of June 2024. Clutha District occupies the majority of the geographical area known as South Otago.
Clutha County was one of the counties of New Zealand in the South Island. Its first meeting was on 4 January 1877 at the Balclutha courthouse. [ 1 ] The offices on the corner of Clyde and Elizabeth Streets in Balclutha were rebuilt in 1934 [ 2 ] and demolished in 2009.
The Clutha District Council is based in Balclutha. The major service centre for the fertile farming region around the lower reaches of the Clutha River, it is also the nearest large town to the Catlins, a scenic region of native forest, wildlife, and rugged coastline.
Owaka is a small town in the Clutha District of South Otago, in the South Island of New Zealand. It is the largest community in the rugged, forested Catlins area, close to the border with Southland , some 35 km (22 mi) south of Balclutha on the Southern Scenic Route .
In November 1870 a Volunteer Unit, part of the No 1 Clutha Rifles, formed. [26] A saw mill had been established sometime before 1872. In 1873 a town library commenced operations. [27] Cheese manufacturing started. A minor property boom occurred in 1875–1876 with the arrival of rail in the town, with sections selling anywhere up to £100 by ...
Inch Clutha School House (former) Category 2 186 Riverbank Road and Lawson Road, Inch Clutha - 1990 5202 A school in Inch Clutha which operated from 1858 to 1878. [49] [50] Balmoral Homestead Category 2 147 Chicory Road, Inch Clutha - 1990 5201 A homestead on the northern portion of the river island of Inch Clutha, close to the town of ...
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