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Gabriels Gully, 2009

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Gabriels Gully, 2009
Almost 150 years after Gabriel Read found gold in Otago, the site shows little evidence of the gold rush – but interpretative panels guide visitors to some of the relics of those days.

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Malcolm McKinnon, Otago places – Tokomairiro and Tuapeka, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/22784/gabriels-gully-2009 (accessed 3 June 2026).

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