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Hotel advertisement, 1864

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Hotel advertisement, 1864

Hotel keepers could make money out of the gold rush. The Gridiron Hotel in Princes Street, Dunedin, offered hospitality and high standards to miners on their way to the diggings – but discouraged drunken customers.

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Malcolm McKinnon, Otago region – Gold and development, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/ephemera/22646/hotel-advertisement-1864 (accessed 24 June 2026).

Story by Malcolm McKinnon, published 18 August 2009, updated 1 May 2015.