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

Waiwera

Waiwera.

Waiwera is situated in the county of Clutha, sixty-eight miles south-west from Dunedin, and six miles from Clinton. The township is the centre of a large farming district, which is for the greater part undulating and especially suitable for sheep. Waiwera is on the main south line from Dunedin to Invercargill, and there is a railway station with a post office, and a telephone bureau. It also has a public school, library, a Presbyterian church, and a private hotel. The Waiwera stream flows close to the township, and offers interesting sport to those who like trout fishing. Among the early settlers in the district were Messrs John Gibson, Thomas Blacklock, McKenzie, Broad, and the Anderson family. The Ashley Downs and Clifton stations, and several other large sheep runs, are within a few miles of the township.

Blacklook, Thomas , Hillside Farm, Waiwera. Mr. Blacklock was born in Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland. He was brought up to a farming life, and in 1862 sailed by the ship “Scorsbie” for New Zealand, and landed at Port Chalmers. Mr. Blacklock at once went to Clutha, and a few years later he purchased the nucleus of his present property. Hillside Farm now comprises 513 page 750 acres of good arable land, all of which has been brought under cultivation, from its native state. Mr. Blacklock has thoroughly worked and improved his holding, where he carries on mixed farming with well earned success. The homestead is surrounded by ornamental and shelter trees, and the out
Mr. T. Blacklock.

Mr. T. Blacklock.

buildings are well appointed. Mr. Blacklock served as a member of the local Road Board which existed prior to the inception of the County Council, and has also been a member of the Waiwera school committee. He has been a member of the Clutha Agricultural and Pastoral Association for many years.
Edwards, John , Farmer, “Mount Pleasant,” Waiwera, Clutha. Mr. Edwards was born in 1853 on the Otago Peninsula, where he was educated. He was brought up to farming by his father on the home farm, where he acquired much knowledge that has stood him in good stead in the management of his present property. Mr. Edwards remained on the Peninsula for some time after the death of his father, and managed the farm until 1878, when he bought his present property of 550 acres of freehold at Waiwera, where he carries on sheepfarming. About 400 Border Leicester crossbred breeding ewes are stocked, and this number is increased at certain seasons of the year. The land is mostly undulating, but about eighty acres are fairly flat, and, all over, the farm yields fifty bushels of oats to the acre. The homestead and hothouse are surrounded by prettily laid out gardens, well sheltered by fir trees. Mr. Edwards has been a member of the Peninsula Road Board and the Peninsula school committee, and chairman of the Waiwera school committee. He was married, in 1878, to a daughter of Mr. Richard Irving, of the Otago Peninsula, and has four sons
Mr. And Mrs J. Edwards And Family.

Mr. And Mrs J. Edwards And Family.

and two daughters. Mr. and Mrs Edwards celebrated their silver wedding in 1903, and received many useful and valuable presents on the occasion.

Mr. Louis Edwards , father of Mr. John Edwards, of “Mount Pleasant,” Waiwera, was born in Sweden, and came out to New Zealand in 1849, by the ship “William Larkins.” On his arrival he took up land on the Otago Peninsula, where he farmed up to the time of his death in 1873. Mr. Edwards, who was highly respected throughout the district, was one of the first members of the Peninsula Road Board, and the Peninsula school committee. He married Miss Margaret Duff, and had a family of five sons and one daughter. Mrs Edwards died in 1884.