60 Fairfax Street, Murchison-Springs Junction, Other

Murchison Museum

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To get a feel for this relatively isolated community you can do worse than visit its old time museum. The 1911 Post Office is now home to a historical collection about the Murchison District.
Figuring prominently in the displays are stories giving a local perspective on earthquakes which scarred the region in 1929 and 1968. Of the 17 people who died in 1929, 14 were killed by landslides, and 2 in coal mine collapses.
Other themes explored are the industries which sustained the locality, goldmining and sawmilling.

Image Credits: New Zealand Landscape Scene Bridge, Murchison, circa 1929, New Zealand, New Zealand Landscape Scene Murchison, circa 1929, New Zealand. Te Papa.

The Shaky Isles: New Zealands Earthquakes Rugby in the Bays: A History of Rugby in Golden Bay, Motueka and Murchison to 1970

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