Camille Malfroy
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| Jean Michel Camille Malfroy, Photograph by Alison Leigh for Kete Rotorua |
Gold and Geysers: the
remarkable Mr Malfroy by Philip Andrews.
Available to read from the New Zealand Heritage Collection. 993.423z MAL
Mr Jean Michel Camille Malfroy, known in Rotorua as Camille
Malfroy.
Phil Andrews writes a fascinating story on the life of Mr
Malfroy, for whom Malfroy Road was named.
A Gold prospector, Gold Mining Company owner,
Ingenious Engineer and Geyser Engineer.
In Phil’s introduction he records for us a snapshot of the
popular and well like man who moved to NZ from the Australian gold fields in
c1863. Phil covers Malfroy’s early life in the region of the Ross goldfields
before moving to Rotorua just days after the Tarawera Eruption. He becomes an integral part of the Rotorua community and was responsible for building up the Government Gardens and township where it is today.
Malfroy’s Geysers are no longer geysers but the site can
still be seen in the Government Gardens today.
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| Photograph by Alison Leigh for Kete Rotorua |
The photograph below was taken c.1919 by Frederick George Radcliffe.
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| Malfroy Geyser, Rotorua. Ref: 1/2-006566-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/23145912 |
