Title: The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Wellington Provincial District]

Author: Cyclopedia Company Limited

Publication details: The Cyclopedia Company, Limited, 1897, Wellington

Part of: The Cyclopedia of New Zealand

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

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McPherson, Alexander, Farmer, Turakina Volley, Turakina. A native Invernesshire, Scotland, where he was born in 1838, Mr. McPherson left, home for the Colonies in the ship “Tornado,” landing in Auckland in 1859. Here he remained eight years; then, coming to the Turakina Valley, he settled on land higher up the valley than anyone else at that time. He stocked his farm with dairy cattle, and the first produce, was brought down the Turakina River in a canoe. About 1891 he gave up dairying and placed Lincoln sheep on the farm, and he is now crossing them with Border-Leicesters, the result being a good breed of hardy and profitable sheep. Mr. MePherson married Miss McGregor, and has three sons and six daughters, three of whom are married.