| 词条 | William James O'Leary |
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William James O'Leary (born 28 October 1865 at Tuapeka[1]). He was a bushman, and spent many years looking for gold in the Arawata River area, and never struck it rich, dying in 1947.[2] Together with his mare Dolly, he wandered around the Westland for decades looking for gold.[3] In 1953 poet Denis Glover wrote Arawata Bill immortalizing him as the solitary New Zealand prospector.[4] O'Leary's Paddock is a street in Queenstown named after him. References1. ^Alwyn Owen. 'O'Leary, William - Biography', from the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, updated 1-Sep-10 {{DEFAULTSORT:OLeary, William James}}{{NewZealand-bio-stub}}2. ^Miller. F.W.G. (1947) Golden Days of Lake County. Whitcomb and Toombes 3. ^Mary P. Bull [https://books.google.com.ph/books?id=rO42LMY1vsUC&pg=PA224&dq 'New Zealand Tales and Tours: South Island Adventures'] 4. ^http://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/objectdetails.aspx?oid=38155&page=15 3 : 1865 births|1947 deaths|New Zealand gold prospectors |
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