Location 309
Dwelling #309
Map 6
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Lower Bannockburn Creek -
Description -
Dwelling #309, The exact location is unknown but it appears that the first Bannockburn settlement, including Richards store and dwelling was beside Bannockburn Creek about 800m from the Kawarau River.
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Construction Details -
Wood and calico store and dwelling -
Location Type -
Dwelling
Commercial Building
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Interested Parties
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| Group | Date | Description | |
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| 1 | 1862 - 1867 | John Richards | Details |
Notes
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| Note | Date | Short Description | Note Text |
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| 3109 | 1862 | John moved to the Kawarau River, then Bannockburn. | John Richards moved to Potters Gully where he was mining, then later on to the Kawarau River at a beach later called Richards Beach. At this place, approx 7 km upstream of the Bannockburn Creek, he was very successful and obtained some good gold. As the miners of Dunstan moved up he Kawarau, a small shanty town was established on an alluvial fan about 800m up the Bannockburn Creek from the Kawarau River. This area was covered with Manuka and Matagouri. John Richards built a wood and calico store/hotel and dwelling to supply the miners needs. The shantytown was the first Banockburn settlement. |
| 3110 | 1867 | The Banockburn settlement moved to Doctors Flat. | The Bannockburn settlement had gradually moved to Doctors Flat, to be close to the newly formed road linking Clyde via the Cairnmuir track, Smiths Gully and Pipeclay, then on to Cromwell via Stuarts punt (location #157). John Richards moved his business to the present site of the Bannockburn Hotel. Here he built a substantial timber and corrugated iron hotel and store (location #115) |
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