Explore / Oceania / New Zealand
New Zealand, Tasman District
Collingwood
Aorere goldfields heritage workings
Old dump ground Documented siteRestricted
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
GoldAlso reported: eyes-only: water races, stone dams, cave workings, rusted tools in situ.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: BLM Alaska (Public domain).
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Why this spot
NZ's first major gold rush in 1857 drew about 2,000 diggers to the Aorere valley in Golden Bay, water races, dams, caves and workings survive in the bush above Rockville
The 1857 rush and surviving works such as Druggans Dam and the goldfields track are documented by DOC and regional heritage sources
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
Unmarked shafts and cave entrances off-trackTrack can be muddy, take a torch for the caves
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