Kōrero: Italians

Arrowtown in the 1880s

Arrowtown in the 1880s

For a time, Italians helped swell the mining settlements adjacent to the gold diggings in Central Otago. One of these was Arrowtown, pictured here in the 1880s, where the population reached 7,000 during the gold rushes.

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Alexander Turnbull Library
Reference: 1/2-025348; F

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Tessa Copland, 'Italians - Immigration 1860–1880', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/photograph/4213/arrowtown-in-the-1880s (accessed 29 March 2024)

He kōrero nā Tessa Copland, i tāngia i te 8 Feb 2005, updated 1 Mar 2015