05 August 2023

Prospectors' Dreams: The Story of Kildonan Gold

Talk organised by Timespan Museum as part of the People's Mobile Archive. Contact enquiries@timespan.org.uk or phone 01431 821327 to reserve a place.

In 1869, over five hundred gold prospectors trekked from all corners of the country to the far north to Kildonan looking for gold. The yearlong gold rush was started by Robert Nelson Gilchrist and the prospectors’ settlement was appropriately named ‘Baile an Or’ or ‘Township of Gold’.