Gabriel's Gully Gabriel's Gully is a locality in Otago, New Zealand, three kilometres from Lawrence township and close to the Tuapeka River. It was the...
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Otago gold rush (section Gabriel's Gully)
reached its maximum of 18,000 in February 1864. The rush started at Gabriel's Gully but spread throughout much of Central Otago, leading to the rapid expansion...
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Thomas Gabriel Read (21 August 1825 – 31 October 1894) was a gold prospector and farmer. His discovery of gold in Gabriel's Gully triggered the first major...
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Tuapeka River, a tributary of the Clutha. The discovery of gold at Gabriel's Gully by Gabriel Read in May 1861 led to the Otago gold rush with the population...
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rush of the 1860s. The first major discovery of gold in Otago was at Gabriel's Gully, close to the Tuapeka, in 1861. An earlier wooden crib dam was built...
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significant European occupation came with the discovery of gold at Gabriel's Gully near Lawrence in 1861, which led to the Otago gold rush. Other towns...
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Edward Peters (prospector) (section Gabriel Read)
Zealand's first workable goldfield: the Tuapeka Goldfield, including Gabriel's Gully. Peters was born in India and came to New Zealand in 1853 having previously...
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population, was generally peaceful. In 1861, gold was discovered at Gabriel's Gully in Central Otago, sparking a gold rush. Dunedin became the wealthiest...
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varying fortune incidental to a miners life. Working successfully at Gabriel's Gully at Molyneux and at Milburn, the last mentioned place being named after...
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many private stage coach operators. In 1861, the discovery of gold in Gabriel's Gully, Otago, prompted a gold rush and saw many Australian gold-diggers heading...
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quarrying a variety of minerals including gold, which was discovered at Gabriel's Gully in Central Otago, leading to the Otago gold rush in 1861. Settlements...
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farmland. The 1860s saw rapid commercial expansion after Gabriel Read discovered gold at Gabriel's Gully near Lawrence, and the Otago gold rush ensued. Veterans...
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Zealand from the Waitaki south. In 1861, the discovery of gold at Gabriel's Gully, to the south-west, led to a rapid influx of people and saw Dunedin...
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side of the lake where prospectors would traverse the hills and on to Gabriel's Gully. In the early days of settlement a paddle-steamer, the Betsy Douglas...
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signing of the Treaty of Waitangi and a robbery and kidnapping in the Gabriel's Gully goldfields. The holdup of a Cobb & Co coach incorporated stock Western...
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British army during the New Zealand wars. Several places, including Gabriel's Gully and Otago, were mining sites which, with the funding of large companies...
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deposits in Otago were discovered around the Tuapeka River at Gabriel's Gully by Gabriel Read in 1861, and the following year large amounts of the precious...
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Cromwell Gorge (section Muttontown Gully)
region's interior and followed soon after the discovery of gold at Gabriel's Gully near Lawrence. The initial rush to the gorge, referred to as the Dunstan...
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the accommodation and hospitality trade. The discovery of gold at Gabriel's Gully in 1861 led to a massive influx of fortune-seekers, and the resulting...
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discourage them from coming to New Zealand. In 1861 gold was discovered at Gabriel's Gully in Central Otago, sparking a gold rush. Dunedin became the wealthiest...
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discovered in the Otago Region, some 25 years after gold was discovered in Gabriel's Gully. At around 1,200 to 1,350 m (3,940 to 4,430 ft) elevation, the Criffel...
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George Grey becomes governor for the second time. May, Gabriel Read discovers gold in Gabriel's Gully near Lawrence. Otago gold rush begins. First session...
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Henry left for Otago on 30 August 1861 to join the Otago gold rush at Gabriel's Gully. But within a week, he sold his digging implements and worked for a...
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Waiau – Franz Joseph I of Austria Frasertown – Major James Fraser Gabriel's Gully – Gabriel Read Gisborne – William Gisborne Gladstone – William Ewart Gladstone...
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have been buried in an avalanche at Separation Creek in the Serpentine Gully. The party that went to investigate found them alive, but in want of provisions...
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nearby Kaitangata from the 1850s and the discovery of gold inland at Gabriel's Gully (leading to the Otago gold rush of 1861–63) led to an increase of the...
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38333; 169.61667 Milburns Pond (Victoria Dam) Clutha District Close to Gabriel's Gully 45°52′30″S 169°40′25″E / 45.87500°S 169.67361°E / -45.87500; 169...
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Gold rush era image of Gabriel's Gully, circa 1875...
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Gabriel's Gully during the height of the gold rush in 1862....
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goldfields. In 1861, he left for Dunedin, and spent time in the diggings at Gabriel's Gully, before returning to Dunedin where he became a partner in an auctioneering...
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