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Gabriels Gully, 1862

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Gabriels Gully, 1862

In early 1862, only months after Gabriel Read found gold in the valley that came to bear his name, there were up to 14,000 miners on the goldfield. But by the end of that year many had moved inland to new finds on the Clutha.

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Malcolm McKinnon, Otago places – Tokomairiro and Tuapeka, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/22783/gabriels-gully-1862 (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Malcolm McKinnon, published 19 August 2009, updated 1 July 2015.