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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Caroline is a railway siding about four miles from Dipton, and nine miles from Lumsden. It is on the Invercargill-Kingston line of railway, forty-one miles from Invercargill, and stands at an elevation of 484 feet above the level of the sea. The Caroline Valley runs off almost at right angles from the railway, in an easterly direction towards Balfour. It is a farming district, but flax-milling is also carried on. About two miles from the railway station stands the Caroline public school, in which services are held by the Presbyterian minister at Dipton. There is a post office in the district with a daily mail service. The settlement lies in the Oreti riding of the county of Southland, in the electoral district of Wallace, and had a population of ninety-four at the census of 1901.