
Gay Tan's Cottage
Gay Tan's house is of special historic importance. It is the last intact Chinese residence in the Macraes area and is one of only a few surviving Chinese buildings throughout Otago. This is despite the fact that Chinese miners made up a substantial proportion of the population during the late nineteenth century. As such it represents an important aspect of goldfields history that is otherwise represented by fragmented archæological sites rather than intact structures.
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