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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Otago & Southland Provincial Districts]
Cockerill, Alfred
Cockerill, Alfred , Farmer, Spring-bank, Dunback. Mr. Cockerill was born in 1858, in Tasmania, and was brought up to agricultural pursuits. He settled in Otago in 1875, and was engaged in the Shag Valley district, in mining and farming, until the year 1896, when he purchased the Springbank property, which contains sixty-one acres of freehold land. Mr. Cockerill ws married on the 28th of April, 1897, to a daughter of Mr. John Ferry, of Strabane, Ireland.