Wallace County was one of the counties of New Zealand in the

South Island The South Island ( , 'the waters of Pounamu, Greenstone') is the largest of the three major islands of New Zealand by surface area, the others being the smaller but more populous North Island and Stewart Island. It is bordered to the north by ...

. For a time,

James Mackintosh Sir James Mackintosh FRS FRSE (24 October 1765 – 30 May 1832) was a Scottish jurist, Whig politician and Whig historian. His studies and sympathies embraced many interests. He was trained as a doctor and barrister, and worked also as a jo ...

was chairman of the Wallace County. Wallace County was abolished in 1989 and amalgamated into

Southland District Southland District is a New Zealand Districts of New Zealand, territorial authority district that covers most of the southern end of the South Island as well as Stewart Island. History Southland District was formed through the 1989 local govern ...

. The towns of Riverton, Otautau, Ohai, Nightcaps, Tuatapere, Mossburn,

Manapouri Manapouri is a small town in Southland / Fiordland, in the southwest corner of the South Island, in New Zealand. The township is the westernmost municipality in New Zealand. Located at the edge of the Fiordland National Park, on the eastern ...

and

Te Anau Te Anau is a town in the Southland, New Zealand, Southland List of regions in New Zealand, region of the South Island of New Zealand. In Māori language, Māori, Te-Anau means the Place of the Swirling Waters. It is on the eastern shore of Lake ...

were in Wallace County.NZMS 10A, various sheets and publication dates, archived at https://gdh.auckland.ac.nz/maps/LINZ/NZMS/NZMS_010A/jpg/

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Counties of New Zealand Politics of the Southland Region {{Southland-geo-stub

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