Tuapeka

E910549

Tuapeka is a rural area in New Zealand’s South Island historically known for its 19th-century goldfields and early European settlement.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Tuapeka canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf locality ⓘ
rural area ⓘ
climate temperate oceanic climate ⓘ
contains Beaumont ⓘ
Lawrence ⓘ
Miller’s Flat ⓘ
Roxburgh ⓘ
Waitahuna ⓘ
country New Zealand ⓘ
demographicCharacter sparsely populated ⓘ
discoveredBy Gabriel Read ⓘ
economicActivity beef farming ⓘ
dairy farming ⓘ
forestry ⓘ
horticulture ⓘ
sheep farming ⓘ
electorateExistenceEnd 1911 ⓘ
electorateExistenceStart 1871 ⓘ
formerElectorate Tuapeka (New Zealand electorate) ⓘ
goldRushStartYear 1861 ⓘ
hasHeritage historic gold mining sites ⓘ
historic mining settlements ⓘ
hasIndustryHistory alluvial gold mining ⓘ
hydraulic sluicing ⓘ
quartz mining ⓘ
hasLandUse orcharding ⓘ
pastoral farming ⓘ
plantation forestry ⓘ
hasNameOrigin likely of Māori origin ⓘ
hasRiver Tuapeka River ⓘ
historicalEvent Gabriel’s Gully gold rush ⓘ
historicalPeriod 19th century ⓘ
knownFor 19th-century gold rush ⓘ
early European settlement ⓘ
goldfields ⓘ
locatedIn Otago ⓘ
linked to: Otago Region

South Island ⓘ
locatedOnIsland South Island of New Zealand ⓘ
linked to: South Island
near Clutha River / Mata-Au ⓘ
partOf Clutha District ⓘ
regionalCouncil Otago Regional Council ⓘ
regionType predominantly rural ⓘ
territorialAuthority Clutha District Council ⓘ
timeZone NZST ⓘ
timeZoneDST NZDT ⓘ
transportRoute State Highway 8 NERFINISHED ⓘ
State Highway 8B NERFINISHED ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Clutha District → containsArea → Tuapeka ⓘ
Otago goldfields → region → Tuapeka ⓘ