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Kōrero: Gold and gold mining

Macetown, 1900

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Macetown, 1900

Macetown was a small mining settlement in the hills near Arrowtown, where alluvial gold and gold from quartz reefs was mined. This view looks back towards the road that leads through the long, narrow, precipitous gorge of the Arrow River. Once the gold reefs and river gravels were worked out there was no other reason to live there, and all these houses are now gone.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Hocken Collections, University of Otago

Reference: SO5-064G

Permission of the Hocken Collections Uare Taoka o Hakena, University of Otago, must be obtained before any re-use of this image. Further information may be obtained from the Library through its website.

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Carl Walrond, Gold and gold mining – Otago, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/8609/macetown-1900 (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Carl Walrond, i tāngia i te 2 March 2009.