LAWRENCE GATEWAY to the GOLDFIELDS
(Clicks: 411;website added: Dec 16, 2013)
- LINK: lawrence.co.nz
- Country: New Zealand
- keyword 1: lawrence
- keyword 2: gold
- keyword 3: history
- keyword 4: dunedin
- keyword 5: dunedin
- keyword 6: central otago
- keyword 7: gabriels gully
- keyword 8: daffodils
- keyword 9: wetherstons
- keyword 10: wetherstones
Description:
Lawrence was Otago's first gold-rush town, originally named Tuapeka, and then later renamed after the British hero who defended Lucknow during the 1857 Indian Mutiny. At the height of the gold fever, its population was 11,500; double that of Du