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词条 Harriet Heron
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  1. Early life

  2. Adult life

  3. References

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| name = Harriet Heron
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| birth_name = Harriet Ann Buttress
| birth_date = c. 1836
| birth_place = Deal, Kent, England
| death_date = October 28, {{death year and age|1933|1836}}
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| nationality =
| other_names =
| occupation = Business owner
| years_active =
| spouse = William Bowbyes
Henry Heron
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}}Harriet Ann Heron (née Buttress, ca. 1836 – 28 October 1933) was an early settler and business owner in Central Otago, New Zealand, and one of the few women who lived in gold mining camps during the Otago gold rush.[1]

Early life

Heron grew up in Deal, Kent, England, the daughter of Thomas Buttress and Elizabeth Buttress, née Carraway. She married William Bowbyes and they emigrated to New Zealand. Bowbyes drowned at Timaru in 1860, and in the following year she married Henry Heron and moved to Dunedin.[1]

Adult life

Heron and her husband initially lived in Tuapeka, where they ran a butcher's shop. For some time she ran the store single-handed as her husband went to Wetherstones to work on a gold mine, and then to the Clutha River area. Heron sold the business and joined her husband at the mining site, located at Fourteen Mile Beach. For their first three years there they lived in a tent, and Heron was the only woman in the camp.[1]

The Herons later built a schist and mud mortar cottage to live in, which was originally located on the shores of the Clutha River; however since the river was dammed and flooded in 1956, it now sits on the banks of Lake Roxburgh.[2] The cottage is maintained by Heritage New Zealand and known locally as "Mrs Heron's Cottage."[2]

In 1875 Heron and her husband moved to Roxburgh and ran the Commercial Hotel. Henry died in 1896, and Heron continued to run the hotel alone until 1913. During that time, she had a new building constructed for the hotel, a large brick two-story building which became known as "one of the largest and most convenient hotels in Central Otago".[3] The Commercial Hotel is now used for backpackers' accommodation.[4]

Heron died in 1933.[1]

References

1. ^{{Cite book|title=Southern People - A Dictionary of Otago Southland Biography|last=Thomson|first=Jane (ed.)|publisher=Longacre Press|year=1998|isbn=1 877135 11 9|location=Dunedin, New Zealand|pages=223}}
2. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.jackiegillies.co.nz/projects/mrs-herons-cottage/|title=Mrs Heron’s Cottage {{!}} Jackie Gillies + Associates {{!}} Conservation + Creative Reuse of Historic Buildings|last=|first=|website=www.jackiegillies.co.nz|access-date=2016-06-23}}
3. ^{{Cite web|url=http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-Cyc04Cycl-t1-body1-d5-d51-d15.html|title=Roxburgh {{!}} NZETC|website=nzetc.victoria.ac.nz|access-date=2016-06-23}}
4. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.centralotagonz.com/roxburgh/roxburgh/backpackers/x,1,5002/the-commercial-hotel-backpackers.html|title=The Commercial Hotel - Backpackers {{!}} Roxburgh Backpackers Roxburgh Accommodation - Overview|last=|first=|website=www.centralotagonz.com|access-date=2016-06-23}}
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11 : 1830s births|1933 deaths|19th-century New Zealand people|20th-century New Zealand people|New Zealand businesspeople|New Zealand businesswomen|People of the Otago Gold Rush|People from Deal, Kent|English emigrants to New Zealand|Settlers of Otago|Year of birth uncertain

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