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Heriot check out the Chinese village!

Wednesday, 28th March 2012

Heriot check out the Chinese village!

What's down there???  

  • Heriot check out the Chinese village!What's down there???
  • Heriot check out the Chinese village!Ah Lum's store

Yesterday saw Year 5 & 6 from Heriot School check out the Chinese village among other things on their visit to the Lakes District Museum.

Student saw the 'historically protected' long drop!, Ah Lum's store as well as many other huts from the Chinese miners time in Arrowtown. The Chinese were invited to the Otago Goldfields by the government in 1865 and mined here until into the 1900s. As well as mining many Chinese grew vegetables (helped to grow from some very 'special' fertilizer!) and sold these to people in Arrowtown.

Heriot also survived Miss Gray....! and were expert gold panners with most students finding some 'colour' and gold in their pans!!

We hope you had a good time...please tell us about your visit on this blog!