The sailing ship Steadfast sails up Otago Harbour. Photo by Peter McIntosh.
People in period costume aboard Steadfast. Photo by Peter McIntosh.
Stadfast ties up at Dunedin's Birch St wharf. Photo by Peter McIntosh.
The 'settlers' welcomed to Dunedin. Photo by Peter McIntosh.
Dunedin children (left to right) Morgan Alcock (7), Leo Monaghan (3), Bree Colston (12), Kathryn Monaghan (7) and Micky Monaghan (5) get into the spirit of the Shantytown in the Octagon, Dunedin on Saturday. Photo by Jane Dawber.
Dunedin teens (left to right) Sian Downes (16), Christy Nicholls (17), Aimee Byers (13), and Tamara Wilden (15) serve tea and orange cakes to Shantytown visitors. Photo by Jane Dawber.
Lorraine Clark, Alex Clark, Wilma Graham, and Emma MacKay, all of Dunedin, take in the atmosphere in Shantytown after disembarking from the sailing ship Steadfast. Photo by Jane Dawber.
gabrHorse procession at Gabriel's Gully, near Lawrence, site of Otago's first gold find. Photo by Jane Dawber.
Imogen Barlow (4), of Lawrence finds proceedings tiring. Pictured with her mother Jenny Barlow. Photo by Jane Dawber.
Mayor Bryan Cadogan adresses the crowd. Photo by Jane Dawber.
Tuapeka Drama actors Marieke Marygold as "Agatha Mary O'Donnell" and Kirsty Graner as "Adelle Jane Grey" at the opening ceremony. Photo by Jane Dawber.
David McAtamney sings the national anthem. Photo by Jane Dawber.
Trying their hand at gold panning are Read decendants Chirs Read (17), father Andrew Read (51), both of Sale, Victoria and grandfather Jim Read (72), of Tasmania. Photo by Jane Dawber.
Jack Mullany (10), of Dunedin, pans for gold helped by Margaret May, of Ettrick. Photo by Jane Dawber.
Jack Mullany shows the gold he panned. Photo by Jane Dawber.
Bruce Thompson (16) of Wanaka rides past the bike camp on a penny farthing bike, his first time astride one. Photo by Jane Dawber.
A lion dance performed by members of the Otago Southland Chinese Association at the Chinese Camp just outside Lawrence. Photo by Helena de Reus.
A lion dance performed by members of the Otago Southland Chinese Association at the Chinese Camp just outside Lawrence. Photo by Helena de Reus.
Celebrations in Dunedin and Lawrence to mark 150 years since the Otago goldrush.
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