Arrowtown Chinese Settlement

Many Chinese live here in Arrowtown, Queenstown. Most of them settled here for gold panning over 100 years ago. The Chinese settlement here is a community where Chinese people live together. There are many Chinese elements in it. The business is very lively. Although it is not like Chinatown, it is also worth a visit.

This is a restoration and reconstruction on the original site under the guidance of the Archaeology Department of the University of Otago, recreating the living style of the Chinese gold prospectors back then. This Chinese settlement was next to Arrowtown, and there are still people living nearby, but it feels a little sad when entering the ruins. The Chinese people back then were really hard-working. Such houses seem to make people feel so sad. Sad.

This Chinese settlement is considered to be the earliest Chinese community in New Zealand. It is not very large, and they are all very low stone houses. At that time, many Chinese lived in this place and panned for gold.

The scale is small, but this is indeed the earliest Chinese settlement in the area. This place was first a gold rush town, and many Chinese came here to join the gold rush workers.

A very simple attraction, you can almost see it at a glance, but here I think it should be regarded as the earliest model of a Chinese community abroad, so I think I can still take a look.