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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Otago & Southland Provincial Districts]
Dr. Frederick Hall Richardson
Dr. Frederick Hall Richardson , M.R.C.S.E., came to Otago in the ship “Dominion” in 1851. In 1854 he took up Oaklands station, Mataura, but eventually returned to Dunedin, where he died in 1881. Dr. Richardson was a man of many parts and a model pioneer. He brought with him from England plants and seeds of all descriptions, which he planted and cultivated in a garden situated on the west side of Princes Street, opposite to where the National Bank now stands, and distributed them throughout the province. Oaks grown from the acorns he brought from Gloucestershire are still in existence. He also brought out with him an organ, stained glass windows, communion plate, a font, the old doors of Westminster school, etc., to equip an English church, towards which he had secured subscriptions in England in 1850. Dr. Richardson never took any part in public affairs, but was known as a linguist, a scientist and a man of wide professional and educational attainments. His eldest son is the Hon. G. F. Richardson, at one time Minister for Lands in the Atkinson Government. The second son, Mallcot, still farms part of Oaklands estate, and the youngest son, James, is a well known insurance manager in Dunedin.