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Cliff Street, Lyell, 1900

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Cliff Street, Lyell, 1900

In 1900 Lyell on the West Coast was a thriving community, its prosperity created by the goldfields close by.

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Brian Easton, Economic history – First European economies, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/24320/cliff-street-lyell-1900 (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Brian Easton, published 12 April 2010.