Arrowtown - the site of an old Chinese Settlement
April 11th 2013 Thursday, 11th April - Day Eight: Queenstown to Wanaka, 114km (69 miles). The distance may be short but today we visit Arrowtown, a mere 19km from the Queenstown Holiday Park. This is where the NZ gold rush began in 1862 and where the site of a restored Chinese settlement still lies. Although the Chinese were invited to help in the mines, and although hard working, they were not welcomed and ma
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