The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Otago & Southland Provincial Districts]
Fraser, Lachlan
Fraser, Lachlan , Farmer, “Meadowside,” Waimatuku. Mr Fraser was born in I Inverness-shire, Scotland, in 1859, and came to the Bluff with his father, the late Mr Duncan Fraser, on the 30th of January, 1864, by the ship “Edward Thorn-hill.” He was educated at Waianiwa and Flint's Bush, and was brougnt up to farming. In 1884, Mr Fraser leased 200 acres of the Riverton Harbour endowment land. The land was then in its native condition, but more than half has since been brought under cultivation.