Photograph of Lyell, a well known West Coast gold mining township.1906.

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Description Photograph of Lyell, a well known West Coast gold mining township.1906.

Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections NZG-19061013-0002-02Photographer New Zealand GraphicDate of Photo1906-10-13Map^[1]External LinkAUCKLAND LIBRARYContributorHeather Newby

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Location (city or town)LyellEvent Photograph of Lyell, a well known West Coast gold mining township.190.

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Date Created12th October 2025CommentsJacquie Tomlins
My gt gt grandmother died and was buried there in 1878. I wonder how different it was then?

Pete Lusk
Jacquie Tomlins there are prob photos from that date.

Jacquie Tomlins
possibly

Pete Lusk
Jacquie Tomlins this one is marked ‘before 1896
May be an image of text

Pete Lusk
Jacquie Tomlins photos arrived in NZ in 1850s, pretty sure, certainly here for Land wars and Otago goldfields, 1860s. There’s top quality photos of Denniston from late 1870s

Marion Maxwell
My Grandparents were from there. Granddad was a butcher.. I'll find the book

Theresa Gibson
Stilt town of the Buller
The pine over on the point is still there.
(Murderers Point)

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Photograph of Lyell, a well known West Coast gold mining township.1906.

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