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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Otago & Southland Provincial Districts]
Mr. Joseph Steel Dalzell
Mr. Joseph Steel Dalzell , sometime of Pukeuri, was born in Cumberland. England, in 1827, and brought up to country life. He arrived in Australia, in 1851, and seven years later came to Otago, where he took up a cattle station near Lake Manapouri. In 1863 Mr. Dalzell acquired the Hakataramea Downs station, which he worked for about fifteen years. He removed to the Oamaru district in 1878, and purchased 108 acres of freehold, now known as “Hayton.” at Pukeuri. Mr. Dalzell served as a member of the Oamaru Borough Council for some time. He was married, in 1878, to a daughter of the late Mr. John Hardy, of Oamaru, and at his death, in 1895, left four daughters. Mrs Dalzell survives her husband.