Anzac day

History of tom as a tunnel digger

History of Tom as a tunnel digger

 In the year 1923 Tom and his buddies were finishing a day of banging a
few more holes in the nearly finished tunnel. His shift was almost done 
when he heard a sound of people digging on the other side, everyone
gave a big hit and the wall collapsed. After a big cloud of dust swept
through the tunnel they met the people from the other side. 

After they walked to the end of the tunnel and got a ride with a local horse
carriage person named Lil. She asked where they wanted to go and the
answer to that was the pub. 

Five horses were used to pull a carriage and the road was rough and
jagged so they had to take a horse.  It was a bumpy ride but they got
there safe and sound. Everyone got drunk that night, they even put a
bit of bacon throw a mangle!

FACTS:

1. What did ill's family often live in A: tents 

2. Which section of  the road needed carriages A:  Arthur's pass to Otira 

3. How did cars get up the hill earl 1920s A: 2 

horses tow them

4.In what year did the Otira tunnel open A: 1923 

5. Accidents often happen with the horses on the steep bits A:
false Started 1907.       End 1923

Gold mining in Waiuta

This term Te king have a topic of local history so we did research about the ghost town Waiuta and me Jakob and Zak have made this it is about the history of waiuta and how the got gold and where it was mined with also a mini video hope you enjoy.

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