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

Fraser, Lachlan

Fraser, Lachlan , Drummond Farm. Waianiwa. Mr Fraser was born in 1836, in Inverness-shire, Scotland, where he was brought up on his father's farm. He came to Victoria in 1853, and worked for six months on the Fiery Creek diggings. He was afterwards engaged in country pursuits and arrived at the Bluff in March, 1856, with a cargo of sheep from Australia. At that time there were no houses in Invercargill, and Mr Fraser helped to cut the survey lines of the borough. He shortly afterwards acquired fifty acres of land in the Waianiwa district, in which he was one of the first half-dozen settlers. Mr Fraser has since increased his holding to 350 acres, and he also owns 360 acres of freehold at Spar Bush. Mr Fraser was a member of the Southland County Council, as representative for Wallace-town riding, in the early days, and was a member of the Aparima Road Board. He was married, in 1853, to a daughter of the late Mr John McLean, of Ross-shire, Scotland, and has had four sons and six daughters. Two of the sons are dead, and Mrs Fraser died in April, 1898.