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Kōrero: Economic history

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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Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: 1/2-043238; F

by James Ring

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

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

He kōrero nā Brian Easton, i tāngia i te 12 April 2010.