Arrowtown
Arrowtown straddles the Arrow River in Otago, and gold found in its gravels in 1862 made the settlement one of Central Otago’s earliest mining towns. Its compact main street retains wooden cottages, stone buildings and other reminders of the nineteenth-century rush, while the restored Chinese Settlement recalls the miners who worked the river gravels. The Crown Range rises above the town, placing Arrowtown between the former goldfields and the road corridor linking Queenstown with the Wānaka area. Heritage streets, river walks and its foothill setting give the town a distinct identity within the Queenstown Lakes District.
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Arrowtown lies along the Arrow River, in a mountain valley of Central Otago beneath the Southern Alps. Founded during the Otago gold rush of the 1860s, it retains a compact historic centre where former miners’ cottages, shops and public buildings give Buckingham Street a distinctly nineteenth-century character. The restored Arrowtown Chinese Settlement beside Bush Creek recalls the Chinese miners who worked the local diggings after the first rush. Walking tracks follow the river and lead into the old goldfields, while vineyards and alpine-resort towns define the wider Queenstown Lakes area. Browse other webcams across Otago to place Arrowtown in its wider geographic context.
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