New Zealand - Gore
- Main Street, looking south
- September 1966
- Mr. Neill Photo
Gore
- Before the arrival of Europeans the current site of Gore was a part of or near the routes used by Maori travellers
- In 1836 southern Maori repelled a raid from the north, which provided sufficient security for Europeans to purchase land and settle in the area.
- By the mid-1850s large tracts nearby had been converted into sheep runs.
- By 1877 there were enough business opportunities in the area for the Bank of New Zealand to establish a branch in Gore.
- Within another three years both the Bank of Australasia and the Colonial Bank of New Zealand had also opened branches.
- In 1899 the Bank of New South Wales followed suit.
- After its construction began in the early 1870s, a railway line between Invercargill and Gore was opened on 30 August 1875.
- By 22 January 1879 the railway had been extended to Balclutha where it linked with an existing line to Dunedin.
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gore,_New_Zealand)
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