This Is The REAL Story That Started The New Zealand Gold Rush

In this video, we're telling the true story of Gabriel's Gully, the place that started the New Zealand gold rush. Discover the real story of Gabriel's Gully and the people who made it possible for New Zealand to become one of the richest countries in the world.

If you're interested in the history of gold mining in New Zealand, then be sure to watch this video! In it, we'll tell the story of Gabriel's Gully, the place that started the gold rush and how it changed the history of the country. Take a journey back in time and learn about the people who made New Zealand one of the richest countries in the world!

This is the story of an Australian prospector by the name of Gabriel Read who found gold on the banks of the Tuapeka River in New Zealand.

He wrote: "At a place where a kind of road crossed on a shallow bar I shoveled away about two and a half feet of gravel, arrived at a beautiful soft slate and saw the gold shining like the stars in Orion on a dark frosty night".

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