9 Apr 2021

Early gold mine settlers a melting pot of cultures

From Afternoons, 1:31 pm on 9 April 2021

Assumptions about the cultural make up of some early New Zealand settlers have been proven wrong.

Otago University researchers have been analysing skeletal remains on the goldfields of Otago, with some surprising results.

The study's lead author Dr Charlotte King, of Otago's Department of Anatomy, tells Jesse what they have found.

Researchers at Lawrence cemetery

Researchers at Lawrence cemetery Photo: Dr Rebecca Kinaston

 

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