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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Auckland Provincial District]

O'Neill, William Campbell

O'Neill, William Campbell, Licensed and Authorised Surveyor, “Moana,” Mongonui. Bankers, Bank of Australasia, Auckland. Mr. O'Neill was born in Inverary, Scotland, in 1847, and came out to Victoria in 1862, followed the “rush” to the Otago goldfields, subsequently tried his luck on the West Coast, and afterwards at Coromandel, where he experienced the privations and rough camp life which fall to the lot of a surveyor, a profession Mr. O'Neill had elected to follow. For twelve months he was in partnership with Mr. R. Campbell, of Whangaroa, but has now for about thirty years been practising on his own account, page 592 and during that time has surveyed many thousands of acres of country. Mr. O'Neill makes astronomy his special hobby and is a lover of tennis; the view accompanying this notice shows one of the best laid out and prettiest lawn tennis grounds to be found in the Colony. His fine residence is situated on the top of Mongonui Hill, overlooking the harbour and commands an extensive view. Mrs. O'Neill is a daughter of the late Mr. Thomas Shaw, architect.

Mr. W. C. O'Neill's Residence.

Mr. W. C. O'Neill's Residence.