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

Parawa

Parawa flag station is the centre of an agricultural district, in which mining and flaxmilling are also carried on. The station, which is on the Invercargill-Kingston line of railway, stands at an altitude of 860 feet above sea level. It is sixty-six miles from Invercargill, and sixteen miles from Lumsden. Postal and telephonic business is conducted at the local hotel, and mails are received, and despatched, daily. The population of Parawa, at the census of 1901, was sixty, and the district is in the Wakatipu electorate, and in the Oreti riding of the county of Southland.