Ross was established in the 1860s, during the West Coast gold rush, and became an important centre for miners. At its largest, the town had around 2,500 inhabitants, but the population declined after local goldfields were depleted in the early 1870s.
Quartz was occasionally mined on Mount Greenland, a nearby ridge, but little more gold was found until two miners discovered a large 3.1-kilogram nugget in 1909.
From 1872 to the early 1900s a number of Chinese lived and worked in Ross, and a Chinese Miners' Memorial Garden on the shore of Ross Lake commemorates them.Læs mere
New ZealandCoal Creek42°53’58” S 170°49’2” E
New ZealandCoal Creek42°53’58” S 170°49’2” E
