Arrowtown

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If you want help planning a visit...

The Arrowtown Museum
49 Buckingham Street, Arrowtown
+64 3 442 1824
info@museumqueenstown.com

If you have a trade or media inquiry

Arrowtown Promotion and Business Association
Postal Address: c/- 49 Buckingham Street, Arrowtown 9302,
New Zealand  027 721 9017
info@arrowtown.com

 

If you want help planning a visit...

The Arrowtown Museum
9 Bukingham Street, Arrowtown
+64 3 442 1824
info@museumqueenstowm.com

If you have a trade or media inquiry

Arrowtown promotion and Business Association
Postal Address: c/- 49 Bukingham Street, Arrowtown 9302,
New Zealand
info@arrowtown.com

LOCAL NUGGETS

Arrowtown Random Fact No.1

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.

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Arrowtown Random Fact No.2

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.3

The first jail in Arrowtown was simply a log. You were chained up to it. The later stone jail still exists and is in Cardigan Street. It is New Zealand’s 4th oldest jail.

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Arrowtown Random Fact No.4

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.5

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

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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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