Chinese artefacts at the Te Hikoi Southern Journey Museum, Riverton. Photo: Allison Beckham
Chinese artefacts at the Te Hikoi Southern Journey Museum, Riverton. Photo: Allison Beckham
Lai Chong’s hotel on the main street. Photo: Riverton Heritage Society
Lai Chong’s hotel on the main street. Photo: Riverton Heritage Society
A 1903 photograph of a man believed to be Presbyterian minister The Rev W Mawson at the village joss house (temple). Photo: Riverton Heritage Society
A 1903 photograph of a man believed to be Presbyterian minister The Rev W Mawson at the village joss house (temple). Photo: Riverton Heritage Society
The main street of ‘‘Canton’’ village, Round Hill. Photo: Riverton Heritage Society
The main street of ‘‘Canton’’ village, Round Hill. Photo: Riverton Heritage Society
Riverton Heritage Society president Dave Asher and archivist Catherine Hill in the ‘‘Longhilly’’ (Round Hill) display at the Te Hikoi Southern Journey Museum, Riverton. Photo: Allison Beckham
Riverton Heritage Society president Dave Asher and archivist Catherine Hill in the ‘‘Longhilly’’ (Round Hill) display at the Te Hikoi Southern Journey Museum, Riverton. Photo: Allison Beckham
Chinese and a European miner outside a hut in the ''Canton'' village. Photo: Riverton Heritage Society.
Chinese and a European miner outside a hut in the ''Canton'' village. Photo: Riverton Heritage Society.
Golden years of ‘Canton’
Between the late 1870s and the early 1900s, ‘‘Canton'' village at Round Hill, near Orepuki, was the most southerly Chinese settlement in the world....