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Kōrero: Southland places

Coal from Nightcaps

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Coal from Nightcaps

This 9-tonne block of coal, dug from the mines at Nightcaps, was shown at the 1906–7 New Zealand International Exhibition in Christchurch.

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Southland Museum and Art Gallery

Reference: 89.219

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David Grant, Southland places – Western Southland, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/20209/coal-from-nightcaps (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā David Grant, i tāngia i te 2 March 2009, updated 25 May 2015.