Adams, Joseph Langton, 1935- :Photographs of gold miners in the Lindis Pass area

Photographs of Rose Olive Langton, her sister Violet May Langton, and future husband Gordon Adams, and others, at Camp Creek on Lindis River, 23 September 1933. The photographs show panning for gold, and washing clothes, as well as a posed group portrait in the miners' camp (see Historical Notes). Included together with the photographs are captions describing the people in the scene and what they are doing.

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During the depression of the 1930s, the New Zealand government subsidised unemployed workers who were willing to mine for gold in the hostile climate of the Lindis Pass area. The workers lived in a tent camp above Camp Creek.

Quantity: 4 b&w original photographic print(s).

Physical Description: Photographic prints

Provenance: Donated by Joseph Adams, Kaiapoi, 2010

Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - MSDL-1188 : Adams, Joseph Langton, 1935- : My Story.