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A Gold Digger brings paydirt out from his small gold claim, Addisons (8 miles south of Westport)

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Description1920 - 1930 period, a gold digger brings paydirt out from his small gold claim Addisons, to wash in the sluice box (print by courtesy of Mrs O. PRINCE)

ADDISON'S is often called Addison's Flat. It lies about eight miles to the south of Westport by road, and is about ten miles from Charleston.

Gold was discovered at Addison's Flat in May, 1867. Since then the industry has been continued with varying success, and several claims are still worked. It is said that in the heyday, of the rush between three thousand and four thousand men were gold digging in the vicinity. Apart from private houses, the township consists of two hotels, a store, a blacksmith's shop, a bakery, a public school, and a Roman Catholic church. At the local post office, money order business is attended to, and there is a telephone bureau. The Okari river passes the township, and in the ranges to the south-east are the Buckland Peaks, 3,273 feet high. A good deal of fanning is carried on in the locality. The population at the census of 1901 was 208.

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Location (city or town)Addisons FlatEventA Gold Digger brings paydirt out from his small gold claim

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Date Created19th April 2022

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A Gold Digger brings paydirt out from his small gold claim, Addisons (8 miles south of Westport)

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