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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Mr. John Campbell Gilchrist , J.P., who was the first Mayor of the Borough of Oamaru, was born in Argyleshire, Scotland, in 1830. He was educated at the Normal School, Glasgow, and became a teacher in Scotland, and after serving about a year, came out to Victoria in 1853. Mr. Gilchrist settled at Oamaru in 1860, and has since then engaged in agricultural and pastoral pursuits. He resides at Brookfield, Waiareka, where he has 300 acres of land. His sheep station, which is known as “Rosebery,” consists of from 5000 to 6000 acres. Mr. Gilchrist is also owner of land in Tyne and Itchen Streets, Oamaru. In the early days Mr. Gilchrist was connected with the Kakanui Road Board, of which he was chairman, until it was merged into the Waitaki County Council, and for a number of years he served as a member of the Harbour Board. He was married in 1862 to a daughter of the late Mr. Taylor, of Edinburgh, and has, surviving, two sons and three daughters.