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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Auckland Provincial District]

Nisbet, Alexander

Nisbet, Alexander, Contractor, Kaeo. Mr. Nisbet was born in Prince Edward Island, British North America, in 1829, and followed farming pursuits till 1848, when he took to a seafaring life. He came to New Zealand per ship “South Boston,” landing at Mongonui in 1850 and was for nearly two years engaged in the kauri timber trade, when he was smitten with the universal gold fever and joined the Australian “rush.” After trying his fortune on the Castlemaine, Ballarat, and Bendigo fields, he returned to New Zealand in 1853. Since that time Mr. Nisbet has executed numerous contracts in the district for the construction of roads, bridges, etc. He was on the Commission of the Peace for over thirty years, and at the time of his resignation was the senior Justice in Whangaroa County. Mr. Nisbet is a trustee of the Wesleyan church, an Oddfellow, and a Mason, and was formerly a prominent Orangeman for many years, having also filled many local offices, including that of chairman of Kaeo Road Board. Mr. Nisbet was married in 1854 to a daughter of the late Mr. Spikeman—who came to New Zealand with the early missionaries—and has a grown-up family of six sons and four daughters.

Mr. A. Nisbet.

Mr. A. Nisbet.