Otago goldfields

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goldfield historic gold-mining region

The Otago goldfields are a historic gold-mining region in New Zealand’s South Island that sparked a major 19th-century gold rush and significantly shaped the country’s early economic and social development.

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Surface form Occurrences
Otago Gold Rush 1
Tuapeka goldfields 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf goldfield ⓘ
historic gold-mining region ⓘ
attractedImmigrantsFrom Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Britain NERFINISHED ⓘ
China NERFINISHED ⓘ
continent Oceania ⓘ
country New Zealand ⓘ
discoveredBy Gabriel Read NERFINISHED ⓘ
economicImpact accelerated infrastructure development in Otago ⓘ
increased New Zealand’s export earnings ⓘ
stimulated development of Dunedin as a major commercial center ⓘ
ethnicGroupInvolved Chinese miners ⓘ
European miners ⓘ
Māori NERFINISHED ⓘ
goldRushBeganAt Gabriels Gully NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasHistoricSite Arrowtown Chinese Settlement NERFINISHED ⓘ
Gabriels Gully Historic Reserve NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasMiningCenter Arrowtown NERFINISHED ⓘ
Bendigo NERFINISHED ⓘ
Clyde NERFINISHED ⓘ
Cromwell NERFINISHED ⓘ
Gabriels Gully NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lawrence NERFINISHED ⓘ
Macraes NERFINISHED ⓘ
Naseby NERFINISHED ⓘ
Queenstown NERFINISHED ⓘ
St Bathans NERFINISHED ⓘ
heritageStatus important historic landscape in New Zealand ⓘ
infrastructureDeveloped bridges ⓘ
roads ⓘ
townships ⓘ
knownFor 19th-century gold rush ⓘ
alluvial gold deposits ⓘ
quartz reef mining ⓘ
laterMiningActivity dredging on Clutha River ⓘ
hard-rock mining at Macraes ⓘ
hydraulic sluicing ⓘ
locatedIn Otago NERFINISHED ⓘ
South Island ⓘ
partOf New Zealand goldfields NERFINISHED ⓘ
peakPopulationPeriod early 1860s ⓘ
region Arrow NERFINISHED ⓘ
Central Otago NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lindis NERFINISHED ⓘ
Manuherikia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Shotover NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tuapeka NERFINISHED ⓘ
significance major impact on New Zealand’s early economic development ⓘ
major impact on New Zealand’s early social development ⓘ
startDate 1861 ⓘ
tourism gold-mining heritage tourism ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Gabriels Gully → event → Otago goldfields ⓘ
this entity surface form: Otago Gold Rush
New Zealand gold rush → mainRegion → Otago goldfields ⓘ
Gabriels Gully → partOf → Otago goldfields ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tuapeka goldfields
Gabriels Gully goldfield → partOf → Otago goldfields ⓘ