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Gisborne

Tolaga Bay wharf and coastal station town

Tidal foreshore Documented siteGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this shoreline.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Nails and fittingsNails and fittings
Sea potterySea pottery

Also reported: tins.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0), NPS (Public domain).

Why this spot

Victorian bottle era, historically mapped

East Coast station port served by surfboats then the famous 660-metre concrete wharf from 1929; landing reserves and store ground hold coastal-trade refuse.

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