Gabriel Read

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For the New Zealand actor, see Gabriel Reid.

Gabriel Read (1824 - 1894) was an Australian gold prospector who, after working on the goldfields of California and Victoria, Australia travelled to New Zealand, having heard rumours of gold being found in Mataura, Southland. On 20 May 1861 he discovered gold close to the banks of the Tuapeka River in Otago, at Gabriel's Gully, which is named after him. This discovery led to the Central Otago goldrush. He died in Hobart, Tasmania.

External links

Gabriel Read in 1966 Encyclopaedia of New Zealand
Dunedin's Golden History Gabriel Read and the Otago Gold Rush on DCC website

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Persondata
Name	Read, Gabriel
Alternative names	Gabby
Short description	Blue eyes, big beard
Date of birth	1825
Place of birth	Los Venturas
Date of death	1895
Place of death	Los Santos

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