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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Mr. Robert Scollay , who was for several years a member of the Stewart Island County Council, was born in 1833, in Shetland, went to sea at the age of fourteen, and ultimately became a master mariner. Mr Scollay came to New Zealand in the ship “Queen of Perth,” with saw-milling machinery for Stewart Island. Three years later he went into the coasting trade, and ran his own schooner on the New Zealand coast till 1899. Mr Scollay obtained a grant of twenty acres adjoining the township of Oban, and erected his present residence on the property. He is a member of the committee of the Presbyterian church. Mr Scollay is engaged in the fishing industry, and is the owner of the steam launch “Sunbeam,” which he built. The “Sunbeam,” which is worked by a five and a-half-horse power oil engine, is licensed to carry passengers, and runs regular excursions to the various bays during the season. Mr Scollay was married, in 1857, to a daughter of Mr John Read, of Poole, Dorset, England, and has had seven daughters and three sons, of whom two sons are dead.