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'''Earnscleugh''' is a small settlement and rural community, based alongside the [[Earnscleugh River]] in the [[Central Otago District]], in the [[Otago]] region of New Zealand's [[South Island]].
The area has vineyards and orchards.<ref name="vineyardsappeal">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref><ref name="pacificworkers">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref><ref name="tractoroperator" />
==History==
===19th century===
The Earnscleugh Station farm was established in the area in 1862. Surveyor [[John Turnbull Thomson]] named it after Earnscleugh Water in south-east Scotland.<ref name="Earnscleugh Station History"></ref>
[[William Fraser (New Zealand politician, born 1840)|William Fraser]] ran the station between 1862 and 1893, first as farm manager and later as owner-operator. Rabbits were introduced to the farm in 1866 and infested the property. The property was abandoned to the Crown in 1985.<ref name="Earnscleugh Station History" />
Dredging began in the area in 1863. The Earnscleugh Tailings Track has New Zealand's only complete record of dredging activity.<ref name="doctrack"></ref>
===20th century===
Steven Spain farmed the Earnscleugh Station between 1902 and 1948, hiring rabbiters to try to bring the rabbit population under control. Further rabbit outbreaks were recorded, under various station owners, in 1948, the 1970s, and from 1981.<ref name="Earnscleugh Station History" />
A Government-supported rabbit eradication programme, established in 1990, has kept the rabbit population under control since the late 1990s.<ref name="Earnscleugh Station History" />
===21st century===
Earnscleugh was affected by flooding in January 2021.<ref name="2021floods">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
A tractor operator died in an incident later the same month.<ref name="tractoroperator">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
==References==
[[Category:Central Otago District]]
[[Category:Populated places in Otago]]
The area has vineyards and orchards.<ref name="vineyardsappeal">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref><ref name="pacificworkers">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref><ref name="tractoroperator" />
==History==
===19th century===
The Earnscleugh Station farm was established in the area in 1862. Surveyor [[John Turnbull Thomson]] named it after Earnscleugh Water in south-east Scotland.<ref name="Earnscleugh Station History"></ref>
[[William Fraser (New Zealand politician, born 1840)|William Fraser]] ran the station between 1862 and 1893, first as farm manager and later as owner-operator. Rabbits were introduced to the farm in 1866 and infested the property. The property was abandoned to the Crown in 1985.<ref name="Earnscleugh Station History" />
Dredging began in the area in 1863. The Earnscleugh Tailings Track has New Zealand's only complete record of dredging activity.<ref name="doctrack"></ref>
===20th century===
Steven Spain farmed the Earnscleugh Station between 1902 and 1948, hiring rabbiters to try to bring the rabbit population under control. Further rabbit outbreaks were recorded, under various station owners, in 1948, the 1970s, and from 1981.<ref name="Earnscleugh Station History" />
A Government-supported rabbit eradication programme, established in 1990, has kept the rabbit population under control since the late 1990s.<ref name="Earnscleugh Station History" />
===21st century===
Earnscleugh was affected by flooding in January 2021.<ref name="2021floods">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
A tractor operator died in an incident later the same month.<ref name="tractoroperator">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
==References==
[[Category:Central Otago District]]
[[Category:Populated places in Otago]]
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