Clutha County was one of the
counties of New Zealand
A system of counties of New Zealand was instituted after the country dissolved its provinces in 1876, and these counties were similar to other countries' systems, lasting with little change (except mergers and other localised boundary adjustmen ...
in the
South Island
The South Island, also officially named , is the larger of the two major islands of New Zealand in surface area, the other being the smaller but more populous North Island. It is bordered to the north by Cook Strait, to the west by the Tasma ...
. Its first meeting was on 4 January 1877 at the
Balclutha courthouse. The offices on the corner of Clyde and Elizabeth Streets in Balclutha were rebuilt in 1934 and demolished in 2009.
Clutha District Council began in November 1989 with amalgamation of Balclutha Borough, Clutha County,
Lawrence Borough,
Tapanui Borough, part of Tuapeka County and Bruce District Council. Bruce District Council had been formed in 1986 from
Bruce County
Bruce County is a county in Southwestern Ontario, Canada comprising eight lower-tier municipalities and with a 2016 population of 66,491. It is named for James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin and 12th Earl of Kincardine, sixth Governor General of the P ...
,
Milton Borough and
Kaitangata Borough.
See also
*
List of former territorial authorities in New Zealand ยง Counties
References
External links
1939 map
Counties of New Zealand
Politics of Otago
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