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Blackball parade, 2008

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Blackball parade, 2008

A celebration was held at Easter 2008 to mark the centenary of the 1908 Blackball miners’ strike. It included a traditional union parade along the main street of Blackball.

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by Simon Nathan

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Simon Nathan, West Coast region – Government and politics, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/21124/blackball-parade-2008 (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Simon Nathan, published 3 March 2009, updated 1 September 2016.