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This is a restored home in the Chinese Settlement at Arrowtown,New Zealand, built by the Chinese miners at the end of the Gold Rush in the 1870's, when many of them started reworking areas that had been abandoned by European miners. By 1885 the settlement was made up of about 10 such huts of mud and stone, a social hall, a couple of stores and there was an extensive garden area. Although less than 200 metres from the main settlement it was completely socially separate, and entirely populated by men. Very many Chinese came to seek their fortune at this time. Some did, but many lived a lonely and hard existance.