History & heritage
Ross Goldfields Information & Heritage Centre
About
A small community owned and operated centre.
Hours
9am-4pm Summer 9am-3pm Winter Closed Christmas day
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Gold panning activities and authentic historic relics. Enter a historic miners cottage.
Stroll through a 1800’s pioneer cemetery. An one hour historic gold trail walk.
Directions
Ross is 30km south of Hokitika on State Highway 6 and only one and a half hours drive to the glaciers.
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