The Golden Hope settlement near Murchison - Mr G. Morgan, holds a gold pan, while two men work gravel into a sluice box.

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DescriptionIn the early 1930s the New Zealand government introduced a scheme to subsidise unemployed men who worked at goldfields supervised by government workers. This photograph was taken at the Golden Hope settlement near Murchison, where 45 married men and their families, and some single men, lived in log cabins and dug for gold. In this view the government supervisor, Mr G. Morgan, holds a gold pan, while two men work gravel into a sluice box.

Carl Walrond, 'Gold and gold mining - As good as gold', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/photograph/8456/depression-prospectors (accessed 12 April 2023)

Story by Carl Walrond, published 12 Jun 2006Date of Photoearly 1930`sMap^[1]ContributorHeather Newby

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Location (city or town)MurchisonPersonG. MorganLandmark (Place)The Golden Hope settlementOrganisation (eg business)The Golden Hope settlement

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Date Created12th April 2023

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The Golden Hope settlement near Murchison - Mr G. Morgan, holds a gold pan, while two men work gravel into a sluice box.

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