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Did you know Arrowtown won the Most Beautiful Small Town in NZ AND the Most Beautiful Street in NZ in 2023?
The Maori name for the river is Haihainui which means ‘Big Scratches’.
The trees in Arrowtown’s beautiful avenues are Sycamore, Ash, Oak, Elm, and Rowan. The first avenue was planted in 1867.
There has been a fire station on the current site since 1890. The hand drawn hose reel was used until the 1940’s.
Millbrook Resort is named after Mill Farm on which it sits. Mill farm was established by the Butel family who came from Normandy.
The Chinese Settlement was established in 1867-8 and was in existence until the mid 1930’s. The site underwent an archaeological excavation in 1984.
Australia’s first saint, Sister Mary MacKillop visited Arrowtown in 1897 and set up a Catholic School. Part of this school can still be visited today.
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