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Kōrero: Gold and gold mining

Gold dredge

This gold dredge is working the Clutha River in the early 1950s.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Archives New Zealand - Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga

Reference: New Zealand Mirror, No. 7, 1951

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Carl Walrond, Gold and gold mining – Dredging, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/video/8629/gold-dredge (accessed 4 June 2026).

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

Comments

Benjamin
25 May 2014
Wow they don't make gold dredges like that anymore, reminds me of a nz postcard with a bucket dredge on it, wonder if it's the same one.. Does anyone know what happened to this dredge? would love to go see it!