Ghost Towns of New Zealand David McGill - 1980

Ghost Towns of New Zealand. Broken brick chimneys, creaking weatherboards and wind whistling through the gaps in weary old wayside shacks is about all there is left from our own Wild West days. These decaying remnants are a faint monument to the times when our European ancestors marched relentlessly across the countryside, leaving in their wake scarred landscapes, destroyed forests and faded memories that testify to this country's earlier richness in timber, mineral and gum. This book tells the tale, from the pioneering pillage of whalres, gold, kauri, coal and gum, to the final decline and death of what once were prospering industries.