Lawrence: Gabriels Gully, first Otago gold rush

Where: New Zealand · Oceania · approx. -45.88, 169.69 (vicinity only)

Why this spot: Where Gabriel Read found gold 'shining like the stars in Orion' in May 1861, triggering the Otago rush, 11,000 diggers within months, now a quiet historic reserve

What turns up: eyes-only: sluiced cliffs, water races, mining relics, interpretive walk

Access: Restricted.

Historic reserve, pre-1900 goldfield archaeology protected under the Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga Act 2014, no digging or detecting, eyes-only

Satellite view, historic-map overlays, tide/flow context and field notes are in the app. Exact research detail is part of Pro.