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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Wellington Provincial District]

Mr. George Galbraith

Mr. George Galbraith, the Manager of the Waitiwhiti Estate, was barn in the agricultural county of Berwick-shire, Scotland, on the 3rd of March, 1857. Educated in his native land, he came to New Zealand in 1874, per ship “Canterbury,” landing at Lyttelton. After a year in the employ of Mr. Macfarlane, of Coldstream, near Rangiora, Mr. Galbraith removed to Kaikoura, where he was for sixteen years with Messrs. Bullen Bros., occupying the position of under-shepherd for two years, that of head-shepherd for seven years, and that of manager of a smaller estate belonging to his employers for the remaining seven years, Leaving the South Island in 1891, Mr. Galbraith went into farming on his own account near Feilding in the Rangitikei district; but some two years later was induced to accept his present position. In 1885 Mr. Galbraith was married to Miss McFadzen, daughter of Mr. McFadzen, the manager for Messrs. Budden Bros., of Green Hills, Kaikoura. Mrs. Galbraith died in July, 1894, leaving two sons and one daughter.