New Zealand - Greymouth
- Circa 1905
- Muir & Moodie studio photo
Greymouth
- The largest town in the West Coast region
- The population of the whole Grey District is 13,750
- The Greymouth urban area had an estimated population of 9,700 (June 2018).
- Greymouth has a history of coal and gold mining.
- Later, forestry became a new staple industry.
- Fishing has long been important to the town.
- Greymouth was regularly flooded.
(Reference: Wikipedia)
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Image source: Greymouth, circa 1905, Dunedin, by Muir & Moodie studio. Purchased 1943. Te Papa (C.014061)
https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/16053