Arrowtown

Birdwoods Gallery

18 Buckingham Street, Arrowtown

0220524457


Birdwoods Gallery is home to a distinctive range of hand carved stone sculptures, recycled metal sculptures, large scale photographic canvases along with a selection of smaller creative crafts, collectables and handmade jewellery

LOCAL NUGGETS

Arrowtown Random Fact No.1

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

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Arrowtown Random Fact No.2

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.3

The trees in Arrowtown’s beautiful avenues are Sycamore, Ash, Oak, Elm, and Rowan. The first avenue was planted in 1867.

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Arrowtown Random Fact No.4

Arrowtown had four churches representing the early immigrant populations. Catholic, Presbyterian, Anglican and Methodist. All still operate today except for the Methodist Church.

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Arrowtown Random Fact No.5

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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Arrowtown Random Fact No.6

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

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