Gold Fisher, The

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Form Short story Genre Gothic Extract Regime Gold Extractive Stage Extraction Labour [[:Category:|]] Infrastructure Steam ship Colonies represented New Zealand Colony Pub New Zealand Location Otago GPS -45.86940002, 170.51100159	Author Huia Author Gender Date 26/10/1897 Publication Cromwell Argus

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The Gold Fisher' (1897) follows the story of an Otago University student, Ebenezer Grookin, who surprisingly searches for gold not on land, but in the ocean. 'Knowing the secret of its composition, Grookin would be able to force the sea to disgorge the wealth it contained, and, as he truly shouted, the world was his.' Playing with the Dickensian Ebenezer, Grookin is eventually haunted by the images of the starving children of failed miners should he reveal to the world the ocean's golden riches. It is a fascinating story for the way it uses gothic tropes to emphasise the dangers of transferring extraction from the land to the sea. Mining on land is normalised and celebrated for supporting families, while Grookin's oceanic extraction inspires hate.

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