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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McKay, William , Settler, Island Cliff. Mr. McKay was born in Caithness, Scotland, in December, 1844. He was brought up as a shepherd and came to Port Chalmers by the ship “William Davie” in 1887. He was a shepherd at North Taieri for two years, and after a short time at Oamaru went to the Dunstan in 1869, when he took a position on the Galloway station for a year. Subsequently he was shepherding for a year at Pisa station, and then engaged in mining in that district for two years. Mr. McKay was sent to Lake Wakatipu to deliver a station and stock to Messrs Matheson Brothers. He then returned to Galloway station, where he was employed until 1877, when he settled at Island Cliff, and for about fifteen years was cropping and farming on the Tokarahi estate. Mr. McKay is at present (1904) shepherd to Mr. William Gardiner, of Island Cliff. He was at one time a member of the Order of Foresters at Alexandra. Mr. McKay was married, in 1876, to a daughter of the late Mr. James Roach, of County Wexford, Ireland, and has six sons and five daughters.