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Gold nugget

TLF ID R1785

This is a gold nugget (approximately 3.4 cm x 2.2 cm), which was probably found in about 1865 on a goldfield in Otago (in the southern South Island of New Zealand).

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Educational value

This asset indicates that gold was found in New Zealand in the 1860s - the largest gold rush was in the Province of Otago after Gabriel Read struck gold at Gabriel's Gully near Tuapeka in 1861.
It is a product of an important industry in the development of New Zealand society in the mid-1800s.
It was displayed in Wellington's Colonial Museum in the 1870s, with other samples of gold, as an educational aid to intended miners - even though gold mining had become unprofitable for independent miners and most of the fields had been stripped bare.

Year level

F; 1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6; 7; 8; 9; 10; 11; 12

Topics Gold

Learning area

Science
History
Studies of society and environment

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Contributor

Name: Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Organization: Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Description: Content provider
URL: http://www.tepapa.govt.nz

Name: Education Services Australia
Organization: Education Services Australia
Description: Data manager

Name: Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Organization: Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Publisher

Name: Education Services Australia Ltd
Organization: Education Services Australia Ltd
Description: Publisher
Address: VIC, AUSTRALIA
URL: http://www.esa.edu.au

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Name: Education Services Australia Ltd
Organisation: Education Services Australia Ltd
Address: AUSTRALIA
URL: www.esa.edu.au

Access profile

Colour independence
Device independence
Hearing independence

Learning Resource Type

Image

Rights

© Education Services Australia Ltd and Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, 2013, except where indicated under Acknowledgements