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Arrowtown Chinese settlement
This partly reconstructed site is the best memorial to Central Otago's Chinese settlers.
Gabriel's Gully
The place where Gabriel Read found gold in 1861, sparking off the Otago gold rush.
Provincial Hotel
The Provincial, Dunedin’s oldest hotel, has witnessed much of the city's history.
First major gold rush in Otago starts
Tasmanian Gabriel Read claimed a £1000 reward after finding gold ‘shining like the stars in Orion on a dark, frosty night’ near the Tuapeka River.
NZ’s heaviest ever gold nugget discovered
New Zealand’s heaviest recorded nugget was found at Ross on the West Coast. Weighing 2.81 kg, the nugget was named the 'Honourable Roddy' after the Minister of Mines, Roderick McKenzie.
Australian gold rush migrants
Gold miners from Victoria flooded to Otago during the gold rush era
The Maungatapu murders virtual comic
Virtual comic book telling the story of the Maungatapu murders committed by the Burgess gang in 1866
Waiuta in 2008
Waiuta in 2008 – a view over part of the historic reserve.
Queen carnival at Waiuta
The 1931 Waiuta jubilee celebrations had an extended prelude in the form of a Queen Carnival, with local organisations competing to see which could raise the most money and have their queen crowned on the big day
Waiuta jubilee
Whether they came from along the road or far away, everybody attending Waiuta’s 1931 jubilee strictly observed the dress code of the day.
Jubilee at Waiuta
The 1931 jubilee, marking 25 years since mining and settlement had begun, was the greatest event in Waiuta's history.
Waiuta family scene
All done up in their best, the Jones children (Betty, Jim, Bill, Amy, Myrtle, Ron on the trike, Irene and Joyce) would have been a delight to any Mum's eye.
Wedding at Waiuta in 1931
Even in a town where every celebration was done with style, the 1931 wedding reception for Laura Beckwith and Ernest Wallenburg rated as lavish.
Waiuta barbershop
There was style from head to foot in Waiuta's well-equipped barbershop, where the decor included a Divis print of a local social event.
Gold claim near Waiuta
Harry Gardner named his alluvial gold claim the ‘Sons of Freedom’, but enlisted two of his daughters to help work it.
Waiuta School
With three classrooms and a ‘murder house’ (dental room), Waiuta School was as well equipped as any in the country during the 1930s.
Waiuta miners preparing to strike
These Waiuta miners outside their union hall look cheerful enough, considering they were in the process of voting to strike.
Waiuta in the snow
As somebody brought up not far from the Austrian Alps, Divis would have felt quite at home in conditions like this.
Waiuta town
Joseph Divis did not need to move far from home for this study, dominated by the Blackwater mine poppet head and chimney.
Furnace inside the gold battery near Waiuta
Just as Divis' camera technique captured the ‘Dark Satanic Mill’ atmosphere of the Snowy battery, his mode of dress in this shot could be said to have enhanced it.

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