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Chinese gold miner, Clutha River

Chinese gold miner, Clutha River

Chinese gold miner, Clutha River

The gold rushes attracted for the first time to New Zealand a significant group of non-European immigrants – the Chinese. Photographed in 1900 or 1901, this man was still cradling for gold over 30 years after his countrymen had first arrived.

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Alexander Turnbull Library
Reference: 1/2-019695; F

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Matauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.




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