Historian Lloyd Carpenter examines how the Central Otago gold rush 150 years ago shaped this country's culture, society and literature.
Panning miner. Lloyd Carpenter, Personal Collection
Wing Chung at cradle. From 'Memories of the golden road a history of the Presbyterian Church in Central Otago' by Alexander Don edited, with a memoir of Alexander Don, by William J. Bennett., (Dunedin, Reed, 1936)
Box sluicing Queensland 1880s. Lloyd Carpenter, Personal Collection
Sluicing at Dillmanstown (west coast). From National Library: http://www.flickr.com/photos/nationallibrarynz_commons/3056778725/in/photostream
Bendigo 1881 strike ruin. Lloyd Carpenter, personal collection
Come in time quartz battery Bendigo. Lloyd Carpenter, personal collection
Welshtown, Bendigo. Lloyd Carpenter, personal collection
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