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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Wellington Provincial District]

Bowen, John

Bowen, John, Farmer, “Pembroke Vale,” Turakina. This old colonist sailed from Liverpool for Australia in 1853, and was wrecked some fifteen miles from Port Phillip, losing everything he possessed. His brother George, who accompanied him, died of fever shortly after. In company with his brother James, Mr. Bowen went up to the goldfields to join two other brothers. There he met with varied success, leaving for New Zealand in 1861, with Mr. James Bowen, on the news of the find at Gabriel's Gully. After another short space at gold-digging in the Nelson District, the brothers crossed Cook's Strait, taking up their present holding in the Turakina Valley in 1862. They were among the pioneer settlers of this fertile district, and saw service during the Maori troubles. There are two pretty homesteads on the estate.