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Blacks Point is a locality near Reefton on the West Coast of the South Island of New Zealand.

Blacks Point is located south-west of Reefton on State Highway 7 adjacent to the Inangahua River. The settlement is one of many that were founded in the early 1870s, at a time when over 80 mines were being sunk into the gold-bearing quartz reefs in the Reefton area. Most of the settlers who formed the township of Blacks Point in 1873 were miners from Cornwall.

One attraction is the Blacks Point Museum, a former Wesleyan Methodist Church from 1876 converted to a museum that displays the history of a typical mining town.

References

1. "Place name detail: Blacks Point". New Zealand Gazetteer. New Zealand Geographic Board. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
2. Heritage West Coast (November 2015). Heritage West Coast Ngā Taonga Pūmau o Te Tai Pounamu: A Strategic Vision 2015–2025. Greymouth: Heritage West Coast. p. 74. ISBN 978-0-473-31235-0. Wikidata Q105750397.
3. "Our history". Reefton Tourism. Retrieved 4 March 2021.

42°7′44″S 171°53′2″E / 42.12889°S 171.88389°E / -42.12889; 171.88389

• Buller District
• Populated places in the West Coast Region
• West Coast Gold Rush