Waikato, Waikato Region
Paeroa Ohinemuri junction river port
Riverbank Documented siteGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Old bottles
Sea pottery
Nails and fittingsAlso reported: crockery.
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
Head of steamer navigation where the Ohinemuri meets the Waihou, serving the goldfields from the 1870s; buried wharves and silted riverbanks hold trade refuse.
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