Immerse yourself in this Heritage New Zealand Magazine Summer 2018 travel story.
Jacqui Gibson writes about how Arrowtown keeps heritage "front and centre" in it's promotion of the charming historic town.
Read more about the history of gold and the rich heritage left behind in Arrowtown.
There has been a fire station on the current site since 1890. The hand drawn hose reel was used until the 1940’s.
The first Arrowtown School was in Buckingham Street and opened in 1863. It was on the site now occupied by the Oak development.
Arrowtown is one of the fastest growing towns in New Zealand:
1948---------120 people
1989------850 people
2015----2600 people
2021-----3900 people
Millbrook Resort is named after Mill Farm on which it sits. Mill farm was established by the Butel family who came from Normandy.
There are two theories as to why the town is named Arrowtown. One is that the river behind the town flows swiftly like an arrow.
The discoverer of gold in the Arrow river was a shepherd named Jack Tewa or Maori Jack. He also won the Royal Humane medal for saving a man from drowning in Lake Wakatipu.
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