Wyndham is a post town near the Mataura river, twenty-seven miles from Invercargill, on the Edendale-Glenham railway, and lies at an altitude of eighty-five feet above the level of the sea. There are coal mines in operation in the vicinity, and a dairy factory is established in the township. Wyndham is a clean, well-conducted town, and has a large cultivated reserve of 200 acres for recreation purposes. At one time alluvial mining was extensively carried on near the present township, and is still followed to some extent as an occupation in the district. Noble views of hill and sea are obtainable from many points around Wyndham, and excursions can be made by coach or otherwise through magnificent country. Wyndham is an ideal spot for anglers, at the Mimihau stream, bounding the township, affords fine trout fishing, and the Wyndham and Mataura rivers are stocked with fish. Wyndham was named by the late Sir John Richardson, after one of England's Indian heroes. The surrounding country is undulating, with numerous well wooded hills and fertile valleys. Wyndham township shin is managed by a Town Board; it forms part of the electoral district of Mataura, and is within the boundaries of the Toetoes riding of the county of Southland. At the census of 1901, the population of the district was 417; while at Wyndham East there were twenty-eight, at Wyndham South twenty-one, at Wyndham station and vicinity thirteen, at Wyndham suburbs seventy-two, and at Wyndham Valley, forty. The township lies between the Mimihau and Mokoreta rivers, which are both tributaries of the Mataura, and take their rise in the Slopedown ranges. The Mataura is crossed by a railway and road traffic bridge, at Menzies Ferry, about midway between Wyndham and Edendale, on a good road. Wyndham has two newspapers. The town is four miles to the eastward of Edendale, on the Edendale-Glenham branch line of railway, and is six miles from Glenham, and ten miles, by a good road, to Mataura. A coach runs regularly from Wyndham to Glenham, Pine Bush, Waimahaka and Fortrose.