Thames Heritage Festival, Coromandel Peninsula, New Zealand

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Te Kauaeranga Thames -
A Town of Many Tales

Thames Heritage Network - working together to keep our history alive - Thames Museum Te Whare o te Kauaeranga, Bella Street Pumphouse, Thames Goldmine Experience, Thames School of Mines, The Treasury, Thames Small Gauge Railway,Historic Kopu Bridge, St. James Union Parish Church, St. Georges Anglican Church, John William Hall Arboretum, Historic Shortland and Tararu Cemeteries

Thames has a rich and proud history in the early development of New Zealand, and the Thames Heritage Festival is a celebration of our extraordinary past.

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Places to visit:

The Treasury Heritage Centre and Archive for family research

World renowned Arboretum established by John William Hall, Chemist from late 1867

The Thames Museum Te Whare Taonga o te Kauaeranga holds monthly talks

Historic Kopu Bridge opened in 1928 and now the last operational swing span bridge in NZ

The Goldmine Experience on the original site of the 1868 Golden Crown claim

School of Mines Mineralogical Museum - a geologist's paradise

Thames Small Gauge Railway for family fun

Bella Street Pumphouse Museum of Technology c.1896

St. James and St. Georges - beautiful gothic churches

And more.

See the 1News story on the Goldfields 150th Anniversary

The Rising Sun: Remembering when The Thames was new, growing stronger and brighter, its beams touching us all.
Red and Black: Represent the colours of Maori as the original guiding light to Aotearoa.
Gold: Our heritage sites all have some connection to this mineral.
Blue: Our history, including natural history, spreading beyond the gold.

Special thanks to our sponsors...

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