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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Otago & Southland Provincial Districts]
Mr. Robert Dunbar Fraser
Mr. Robert Dunbar Fraser , who has been caretaker of the Wallace-town saleyards since 1895, was born on the 13th of March, 1850, at John O'-Groat's, Scotland. He arrived at the Bluff with his parents in the ship “Helenslea” in October, 1803, and transhipped to the steamer “Titania,” which brought the passengers to the Invercargill wharf. Mr Fraser was employed in sawmilling for a period of twenty-seven years, but, having met with an accident at the Makarewa Bush mill, gave up that employment, and was appointed to the position of caretaker of the Wallacetown saleyards. As a volunteer, Mr Fraser served for seven years in the G Battery, and as an Oddfellow, he passed all the chairs in the Shamrock, Rose and Thistle Lodge. He was married, on the 30th of September, 1881, to a daughter of the late Mr Thomas Watson, of Ber-wick-on-Tweed, and has four sons and one daughter.