Abstract
Chapter Two places the Otago gold rushes within the Tasman World by considering the links between Otago and Victoria during the gold rushes. It discusses the impacts of the contraction and industrialisation of the Victorian goldfields on facilitating migration to Otago. It further analyses the two-way traffic of people, information and commodities that wedded the Otago and Victorian goldfields into a single economic and social trans-Tasman community. Gold seekers also transplanted social networks in Otago, where they dug and drank alongside Victorian mates. Meanwhile, the Otago and Victorian press competed for itinerant gold seekers. Despite the attempts of the Otago newspapers, few had any attachment to Otago and their experiences in Otago were a temporary sojourn rather than permanent settlement.
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