Gold Beneath Dark Waters
Apr 26, 2016 10:18:08 GMT 12
Post by RKC on Apr 26, 2016 10:18:08 GMT 12
G'day,
Gold Beneath Dark Waters: The People of Waipori
Reported in the Otago Witness Newspaper in May of 1861 were the words of Gabriel Read announcing his success in finding gold in the Province.
“I shovelled away about two-and-a-half feet of gravel, arrived at a beautiful soft slate, and saw the gold shining like the stars in Orion on a dark, frosty night.”
And so started the mass migration of people in ships across oceans, literally following celestial stars as they navigated their way across oceans to participate in the gold rush. By December of the same year gold was struck at Waipori, bringing the people that we’re here to remember and the town and homes they built.
Waipori’s township is forever lost to the waters of Lake Mahinerangi, but the echo of the past lives on. We remember our people and our places in the photographs, the recorded history, and in the stories passed down through the generations. Here we share the past with our collection of memorabilia from the descendants, past and present inhabitants, and the historians.
waipori.nz/
Regards,
Rob (RKC)
Gold Beneath Dark Waters: The People of Waipori
Reported in the Otago Witness Newspaper in May of 1861 were the words of Gabriel Read announcing his success in finding gold in the Province.
“I shovelled away about two-and-a-half feet of gravel, arrived at a beautiful soft slate, and saw the gold shining like the stars in Orion on a dark, frosty night.”
And so started the mass migration of people in ships across oceans, literally following celestial stars as they navigated their way across oceans to participate in the gold rush. By December of the same year gold was struck at Waipori, bringing the people that we’re here to remember and the town and homes they built.
Waipori’s township is forever lost to the waters of Lake Mahinerangi, but the echo of the past lives on. We remember our people and our places in the photographs, the recorded history, and in the stories passed down through the generations. Here we share the past with our collection of memorabilia from the descendants, past and present inhabitants, and the historians.
waipori.nz/
Regards,
Rob (RKC)