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Nelson Historical Society Journal, Volume 3, Issue 5, October 1979

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(In 1842 Thomas Hewetson, then a boy of 12, arrived in Nelson with his parents on the barque Olympus. His father settled in the Moutere Valley, but in September 1857 Thomas went to Collingwood to try his luck on the gold diggings. Letters written to his family between September and December 1857 give a firsthand glimpse of life on those early diggings. Mr T. H. Hewetson, Upper Moutere has mate these letters available to us.)