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As the mining declined, many of the buildings and services in
Cambrians closed and/or were dismantled including the Welsh Harp Hotel in 1918, Victoria Hall in the 1950s, closely followed by the school in 1954 – although the latter remains as a Manuherikia Valley landmark. Houses were removed and the
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Cambrians
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in the early 1860s. Purportedly, the first man to the
Cambrians area was Thomas (or Robert) Swinney, though the date of his arrival is unknown. A group of five prospectors, led by Mr A. G. Reyman, was mining in a large gully running into Dunstan Creek in late 1861 when they discovered gold and coal
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At this point, the miners in
Cambrians were reported to be nearly all Welshman who all spoke Welsh, attesting to the close-knit community. In addition to the miners cottages, by now the settlement had stores, a hotel, church, post-office (in one of the stores) and a school. A town hall, Victoria
370:... changed the name of my Welshman's Gully to Cambrians, which is erroneous, as the ancient name of Wales was Cambria; and Cambrians is neither an adjective nor a noun, and is just as sensible as to call Oamaru Oamaruanians.
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region of
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The opening of a post office in 1875 resulted in the Chief-Postmaster deeming it necessary to change the settlement's name due to the presence of another
Welshman's Gully near
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now referred to this prosperous little settlement as
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Welsh community which once thrived had all since gone, apart from several families who had turned to farming in the local area.
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communities in Central Otago were few; of the limited Welsh
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nearby. These early workings were known as Dunstan Creek.
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