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

Author: Cyclopedia Company Limited

Publication details: The Cyclopedia Company, Limited, 1905, Christchurch

Part of: The Cyclopedia of New Zealand

License: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 New Zealand Licence

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Branxholme is in the Wallace-town riding of the county of Southland, and in the electoral district of Awarua. It is a farming district containing good agricultural and pastoral land. The flag station is on the Invercargill-Orepuki branch line of railway, nine miles distant from Invercargill, and stands at an altitude of fifty-five feet above the level of the sea. Branxholme lies to the eastward of the Oreti river. At one time the whole countryside was covered with bush, much of which, however, has disappeared with the progress of settlement.