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jan 1, 1861 - By December there were 14,000 people on the Tuapeka field in Otago

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This all came to happen because in May 1861, Gabriel Read, a prospector from Tasmania, found gold ‘shining like the stars in Orion on a dark frosty night’ in Central Otago.

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Date:

jan 1, 1861
Now
~ 164 years ago

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