Mackaytown

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Settlement in the Karangahake Gorge, along the Ohinemuri River named after James Mackay the Thames Goldfield Warden in 1867-1868.

Paeroa Ward, Mackaytown

Image: Mackaytown, Karangahake

Mackaytown, Karangahake

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Mackaytown, Hauraki District, Waikato

Mackaytown, Hauraki District, Waikato

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Mackaytown : bl'k XIII, Ohinemuri S.D. / W.E. Ballantyne Drft.

Mackaytown : bl'k XIII, Ohinemuri S.D. / W.E. Ballantyne Drft.

National Library of New Zealand

Image: MINERS' UINON DAY AT MACKAYTOWN, AUCKLAND: GENERAL VIEW OF THE GROUNDS DURING THE HOLDING OF THE THAMES AND KARANGAHKE UNION SPORTS, MARCH 2, 1908

MINERS' UINON DAY AT MACKAYTOWN, AUCKLAND: GENERAL VIEW OF THE GROUNDS DURING THE HOLDING OF THE THAMES AND KARANGAHKE UNION SPORTS, MARCH 2, 1908

Auckland Libraries

Image: [Group portrait - Mr C. Jenkins, Miss Miller and pupils of Mackaytown Side School]

[Group portrait - Mr C. Jenkins, Miss Miller and pupils of Mackaytown Side School]

Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira

Image: James Mackay

James Mackay

Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage