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Lawrence and Gabriels Gully, Tuapeka

Riverbank Source-confirmed findsRestricted

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Stoneware ginger beersStoneware ginger beers
Sea potterySea pottery

Also reported: Otago's first-rush glass, Hamilton and Codd sodas, colonial bitters and schnapps, Chinese-camp glazed jars and pots, hotel and camp dumps around the gully and town.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), Partonez (CC BY-SA 4.0), NPS (Public domain).

Why this spot

colonial bottle era, historically mapped

Gabriels Gully sparked the Otago gold rush in 1861. Retrolens covers the area (1936-2005); specific historic map year unverified, set null.

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