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So many pleasures to choose from - Arrowtown’s historic streets, or its Great Outdoors.

 

Arrowtown satisfies many sides of your personality. The nature lover, the outdoors adventurer, the museum visitor, the shop browser. The charm of historic Buckingham Street, while savouring a coffee.

 

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LOCAL NUGGETS

Arrowtown Random Fact No.1

Arrowtown was originally known as Fox’s. named after William Fox an early gold discoverer. Then it was known as The Arrow and later Arrowtown.

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Arrowtown Random Fact No.2

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.

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Arrowtown Random Fact No.3

There has been a fire station on the current site since 1890. The hand drawn hose reel was used until the 1940’s.

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Arrowtown Random Fact No.4

The Maori name for the river is Haihainui which means ‘Big Scratches’.

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Arrowtown Random Fact No.5

In the 1950’s many New Zealander’s built cribs ( holiday houses) in Arrowtown and came here for their summer holidays.

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Arrowtown Random Fact No.6

Arrowtown has one of the best preserved collection of goldfields heritage buildings in New Zealand.

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