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William Gilbert Rees (6 April 1827 — 31 October 1898) was an explorer, surveyor, and early settler in Central Otago, New Zealand. He and fellow explorer Nicholas von Tunzelmann were the first Europeans to settle the Wakatipu basin. Rees is regarded as the founder of Queenstown .
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elshman William Gilbert Rees - a cousin and god father of the famous cricketer WG Grace � was the first European settler in Queenstown. The explorer and pioneer run holder arrived on the shores of Lake Wakatipu in 1860.
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Today, William Rees is considered the founding father of Queenstown and his story is intrinsically linked with the story of Queenstown, and what it is today. William Gilbert Rees was born in Wales in 1827 to a Royal Navy Commander and educated in the Royal Navy School.
Apr 8, 2023 · Queenstown. The legacy of Queenstown’s first European settler was celebrated on Thursday at a hotel named after him, on what would have been his 196th birthday. William Gilbert Rees, originally from Wales, and his wife Frances settled beside Lake Wakatipu in 1861 and built the first buildings nearby before everything changed with the ...
William Gilbert Rees, one of the first Europeans to settle the Queenstown area, arrived at the shores of Lake Wakatipu in 1859, seeking pastoral land. Rees built a large hotel down on present day Frankton Road, a homestead on the lakefront and erected a woolshed on the site now occupied by Eichardt's Private Hotel.
William Gilbert Rees, a Welsh painter, engineer and pastoralist, travelled to Queensland in 1852. In 1858 he returned to Britain, married and settled in New Zealand. Paintings created during the New Zealand period are in the Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington.
Queenstown History. William Gilbert Rees was Queenstown's first European settler and the community's founding father. He established the first farm in the Queenstown area in 1860, and played a key role in the gold rush that followed soon after.
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