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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Canterbury Provincial District]

Mr. Arthur Campbell

Mr. Arthur Campbell, sometime of Flaxton, was born in Armagh, Ireland, in 1837 and arrived in Lyttelton in the ship “Greenock” in the early part of 1860. He was engaged by Mr. Leslie Lee to go to Nelson, and drove for the whole journey in a bullock dray, occupying several days and nights. After being with Mr. Lee for about twelve months, he tried his luck at the Otago diggings, but soon after returned again to Nelson and finally left for Canterbury, taking up about fifty acres of Government land where Flaxton now stands, which at that time was all bush. At the time of page 457 his death Mr. Campbell was worth £1200 in personalty, and owned five different farms in the district, which are now carried on by his widow. He was married before coming to New Zealand, and had a family of three children.