New Zealand Learning Adventureso
Ross
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Tucked beneath the towering Southern Alps Ross's 1860s population was 30,000 and is now just 300. It is known as the “Ballarat of the Mining & Milling Zone”. For 60 years from 1865 many quartz tunnel mines operated until they were flooded in the 1920’s. Today we view a huge, modern open cast mine (about 1993-2004) and filled with water to form a large lake. New Zealand’s largest gold nugget was found here. It was given to the king of England as a gift - the palace melted it down to make cutlery.
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