Gilmour Reserve Sculpture, Waihi

This is a pictorial of the development of a sculpture which will flank the entranceway to Gilmour Reserve and the lake in Waihi. Commissioned by the Hauraki District Council, the project will take 6 months to complete. One side of the entrance will depict the "Legend of The Ohinemuri River and the Taniwha" and the other will have a heritage theme with the mine rake train, Cornish pumphouse and a period settler family.



Tree nearing completion



Finished left hand entrance stone to Gilmour Reserve



Second stone in place to start



Initial cutting into stone



Close up of the miner coming home after work



Miner and the rake line train with ore carriages



2 children,1 running to meet Dad on his return from working down the mine. The boy waves at the rake line train as it comes out of the tunnel



Their mother feeds the chooks and runs the homestead



The rake line train



The Cornish pump house



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