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Waihi, New Zealand

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    Archibald John Roycroft (1888 - 1928)
  • William Frederick Adolphus Roycroft (1849 - 1934)
    William married Annie Smith, who died 16 Sptember 1924 in Auckland Hospital and is buried in Hillsborough Auckland. Birth date unknown. One of his sons Archibald John was my grandfather born in Wairong...
  • Frederick George Evans (1881 - 1912)
    On 'Black Tuesday', 12 November 1912, in the midst of a bitter six-month strike by miners in the small New Zealand goldmining town of Waihi, striker Fred Evans was killed - one of only two fatalities* ...
  • William Pickett (1831 - 1910)
    from TO MR W. PICKETT, LATE SUB-INSPECTOR ON THE WAIKATO RAILWAY,* _ Last evening as many of the employees on the Auckland- Waikato line as could lea«fe their posts met at Milne's Commercial Hotel, Ham...

Waihi is a town in Hauraki District in the North Island of New Zealand, especially notable for its history as a gold mine town. The township grew around the mining operations since the discovery of gold in 1878 by prospectors John McCombie and Robert Lee. The town currently has a population of around 5,000.
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