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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Athol is a farming district, at the railway siding of the same name, on the Invercargill-Kingston line of railway. The station is sixty-nine miles from Invercargill, and stands 896 feet above the level of the sea. In 1901, Athol had a population of seventy-two. It forms part of the Wakatipu electorate, and is in the Oreti riding of the county of Southland. The Quoich and Eyre creeks join not far from the township. Athol district is progressive and well settled, and the Nokomai mining township is not far away. As a village, Athol contains a store, a saddler's shop, a railway goods shed, two boarding-houses, a public school, and a post office, where a mail is received, and despatched, each way, daily. The district has telephonic connection with the rest of the colony, and the instrument is at the residence of the local railway ganger.