Off The Wall Gallery

18 Buckingham Street, Arrowtown

+64 3 442 0890


OFF THE WALL GALLERY

Visit Bridget and Gill in their gallery and see the wide range of art work created by Bridget.  Locally painted ceramics, tea towels, prints, paintings and coasters of Arrowtown.  Also art from other local and NZ artists. 

LOCAL NUGGETS

Arrowtown Random Fact No.1

Arrowtown is one of the fastest growing towns in New Zealand:
1948---------120 people
1989------850 people
2015----2600 people

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Arrowtown Random Fact No.2

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.3

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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Arrowtown Random Fact No.4

Millbrook Resort is named after Mill Farm on which it sits. Mill farm was established by the Butel family who came from Normandy.

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Arrowtown Random Fact No.5

The first Arrowtown School was in Buckingham Street and opened in 1863. It was on the site now occupied by the Oak development.

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Arrowtown Random Fact No.6

The discoverer of gold in the Arrow river was a shepherd named Jack Tewa or Maori Jack. He also won the Royal Humane medal for saving a man from drowning in Lake Wakatipu.

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