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.
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.
The Maori name for the river is Haihainui which means ‘Big Scratches’.
Arrowtown is one of the fastest growing towns in New Zealand:
1948---------120 people
1989------850 people
2015----2600 people
There are two theories as to why the town is named Arrowtown. One is that the river behind the town flows swiftly like an arrow.
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.
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