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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Otago & Southland Provincial Districts]

Robertson, William

Robertson, William , Farmer, “Birnam,” Sandymount. Mr. Robertson, who is the second son of the late Mr. William Robertson, was born in Perthshire, Scotland, in 1848, and came to New Zealand with his parents, at the age of fifteen, by the ship “Silistria.” He accompanied his brother, Mr. John Robertson, to the Lindis, Gabriel's Gully, and West Coast diggings, and was the youngest digger on the Lindis. He subsequently carried on farming in conjunction with his father and brother on their property at Sandymount. Later on Mr. Robertson and his brother had the lime kilns at Sandymount and Milburn, but he soon gave up the business, and returned to the farm, where he has since carried on dairy farming. He has been for several years a member of the Sandymount school committee, of which he was at one time chairman; he was also a member of the road board, and took an active part in getting the creameries on the Peninsula startad. Mr. Robertson is a member of the Portobello Agricultural and Pastoral Association, and of the Farmers' Union; and served as a volunteer in the Portobello Rifles until retiring with the rank of lieutenant. He married a daughter of the late Mr. Hector Baxter, of Caversham, Dunedin, and has five sons.