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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Otago & Southland Provincial Districts]

Georgetown

Georgetown is a farming settlement in the Waitaki Valley, and on the adjoining tablelands. It is in the Awamoko riding of the Waitaki county and in the Oamaru electorate. The population of the village and tablelands at the census of 1901 was 118. The flag station on the Oamaru-Duntroon-Hakataramea branch line of railway, eighteen miles distant from Oamaru, stands at an elevation of 267 feet above sea level, and is named Uxbridge. The main road between Kurow and Oamaru runs right through the village, which consists of a post and telegraph office at the local blacksmith's shop, a hotel and a store. The district is served by a creamery at Awamoko, and a public hall and school in the same district. There are many freeholders at Georgetown, the district having been settled in the early seventies. Church services are held at the Awamoko hall and school.