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

McHardy, Alexander

McHardy, Alexander , Farmer, Isla Bank. Mr McHardy was born on the 6th of July, 1828, in the parish of Corgarff, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. He came out to the colony by the ship “Rhia Sylvia” and arrived at Lyttelton, in the 6th of May, 1861. Mr McHardy worked as a ploughman at Kaiapoi Island for a short time, and then removed to Otago, where he was engaged in carting to the diggings. He then worked for a time on the goldfields, and, in 1863, came to Southland, and was engaged in bush work at Longwood for a year. Mr McHardy then took employment on a general farm at Seaward Bush, and resided there for a considerable period, removing afterwards to Taieri. He was for nearly two years—1869–70—on the Orepuki diggings, which he left for a year's term on Woodlands station, West Waiau. About the year 1868, Mr McHardy bought 119 acres of freehold land at Isla Bank, and ten years later acquired 100 acres at Drummond, and still farms both properties. He has been a member of the Aparima Road Board, is a member, and also librarian of the Calcium Library; has been manager of the Calcium Cemetery since its formation, and has held office as a deacon of the Presbyterian church, of which he is an elder. Mr McHardy has had charge of the local sheep dip since 1884.