Bill Fox (goldminer)
William Fox (c.1827–9 April 1890) was a New Zealand gold prospector and goldminer. He was born in Ireland on c.1827.[1] After his discovery of gold in the Arrow River in Otago in 1862 the mining township that sprang up was briefly known as Fox's, before becoming Arrowtown.
References[]
- ^ Hearn, T. J. "William Fox". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
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- 1820s births
- 1890 deaths
- New Zealand miners
- New Zealand gold prospectors
- Irish emigrants to New Zealand (before 1923)
- People of the Otago Gold Rush
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