Tuapeka River
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| location | Otago Region , South Island (New Zealand) | |
| River system | Clutha River | |
| Drain over | Clutha River → South Pacific | |
| muzzle | north of Tuapeka Mouth in the Clutha River Coordinates: 46 ° 0 ′ 49 " S , 169 ° 30 ′ 38" E 46 ° 0 ′ 49 " S , 169 ° 30 ′ 38" E
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| Communities | Tuapeka Flat, Tuapeka West, Tuapeka Mouth | |
The tuapeka river is a river in the region Otago on the South Island of New Zealand . It is a tributary of the Clutha River , into which it flows at Tuapeka Mouth between Roxburgh and Balclutha .
The river is best known for its role as the center of the Otago gold rush in the 1860s. The first significant gold find in Otago was at Gabriel's Gully ( 45 ° 52 ′ 54.4 ″ S , 169 ° 40 ′ 46.7 ″ E ) near Lawrence in 1861. Tuapeka Mouth is southwest of the mouth of the river in the Clutha .