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

Quertier, Alfred

Quertier, Alfred , Guernsey Park Farm, Mataura. Mr Quertier, whose homestead is within a few minutes' drive of Mataura, is the possessor of a fine herd of Jersey cattle, with which, during the past few years, he has taken over sixty prizes, principally at Dunedin and invercargill. He was judge of Jerseys at the Palmerston North show, and also at Oamaru, in 1903. Mr Quertier, who is a member of the Society of Friends, was born in Guernsey, in 1840, and educated at a private school of the Society of Friends in Oxford. He learned farming in England, and came with the first Guernsey cattle imported to New Zealand, in 1860, by the ship “Kinnaird.” Mr Quertier bought a team and started carting to the diggings, and was one of the first to take a team to the Dunstan; it was loaded with flour, which was sold at £200 per ton. In 1863, he bought a farm in the Clutha district, and held it for eighteen years. He then removed to the Otaraia district, where he took Sunnyside Farm, of 700 acres, which is now held by one of his sons. “Oaklands,” the property of the Hon. G. F. Richardson, was leased by Mr Quertier for seven years. In 1897, he bought “Guernsey Park,” and has resided on it since that date. Mr Quertier is a member of the Otago and Southland Agricultural and Pastoral Associations. In 1862, he married a daughter of the late Mr Kays, of Guernsey, and has a family of four sons and two daughters. His youngest son, Mr H. Quertier, is the inventor of Quertier's Ballast Excavator and Filler and has also effected improvements in connection with the use of magnesium flashlight for photography.

Mr. And Mrs A. Quertier.

Mr. And Mrs A. Quertier.

Mr. H. Quertier.

Mr. H. Quertier.