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Pictorial Parade No. 183 - A Hundred Years From Gold
Short Film (Full Length) – 1966
Gold was found here in the 1860s and for half a century the sound of winches and stampers echoed through stony outcrops where now only the wind stirs the tussock and manuka.– Narrator
Spectators are in rather short supply as practically the whole population of the town is in the parade.– Narrator
For every miner who found an El Dorado, many more found oblivion.– Narrator
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