Title: The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Otago & Southland Provincial Districts]

Author: Cyclopedia Company Limited

Publication details: The Cyclopedia Company, Limited, 1905, Christchurch

Part of: The Cyclopedia of New Zealand

License: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 New Zealand Licence

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Corbett, David , Farmer and Stock Dealer, Hilderthorpe. Mr. Corbett was born in 1853 at Tarbett, Ross-shire, Scotland, where he attended school and was brought up to country life. He came out to Lyttelton in the ship “Catalonia,” in 1883, and became a shepherd to the late Mr. M. Studholme, at Waimate. After two years and three months he entered the service of the late Mr. John Douglas, at Waihao Downs, where he was head shepherd for five years. Mr. Corbett then settled at Hilderthorpe, where he had bought 400 acres of freehold, on which he has since carried on business as a farmer and stock dealer. Mr. Corbett was married, in 1881, to a daughter of the late Mr. William Graham, of Ross-shire, Scotland, and has one son.