A small, almost abandoned coal town, 27 km north-east of Westport. On a bare plateau at an altitude of 600 metres, Denniston was the bleakest of the coal mining towns, often shrouded in fog.
Denniston
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The 1913 Great Strike
The Great Strike of 1913 was in fact a series of strikes between mid-October 1913 and mid-January 1914. It was one of New Zealand’s most violent and disruptive industrial confrontations. Read the full article
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Although the 1913 strike had its biggest impact on Auckland and Wellington, the South Island's cities and mining towns were also
Meaning of place name
Named after R. B. Denniston, manager of the first major mine to open in the 1870s and later a director of the Westport Coal Company.
