Southland
Waikaia Switzers goldfield village
Riverbank Documented siteGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Old bottles
Sea pottery
Nails and fittingsAlso reported: clay pipes.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), NPS (Public domain), North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
Victorian bottle era, historically mapped
Switzers diggings village from 1862 with a large Chinese population and later dredging; camp terraces and dredge tailings line the Waikaia valley.
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