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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Otago & Southland Provincial Districts]
Mr. William Braithwaite Rogers
Mr. William Braithwaite Rogers , Proprietor of Dome Station, is a son of the late Mr J. Rogers, of Glenquoich station, and was born at Glenquoich, Athol, in 1866. He was educated at Invercargill Grammar School, and at private schools in Christchurch and Dunedin. With the exception of one year spent in the North Island. Mr Rogers was employed on Glenquoich station, up to the time of his father's death, and managed it for twelve months. On leaving Glenquoich, he bought a portion of Glenure station, which he sold two years later to buy a farm at Wyndham. At the end of two years, he sold the farm and bought the Dome station in February, 1903. Mr Rogers is married to a daughter of Mr C. E. Gudgeon, of Queenstown, and has one son and one daughter.