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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Canterbury Provincial District]

Mr. Edward John Brownie

Mr. Edward John Brownie, the Proprietor of the Ocean View Hotel, was born in Sussex, England, in 1862. He was educated at Shoreham College, Sussex. As a lad he took to the sea, and spent three years on board the ship “Halcione,” trading between London, Calcutta and New Zealand. In 1878, when the “Halcione” was lying in Lyttelton, he left his ship and obtained employment at bush work in Port Levy. He remained there only a few months, and was afterwards engaged for about six years in the whaling and sealing industry in the South Pacific. In 1885, Mr. Brownie entered the Government service in the Prisons Department. From 1896 to 1902, he was a warder in the Lyttelton Gaol, but resigned in February of the latter year. In April of the same year he became proprietor of the Ocean View Hotel. Mr. Brownie was married to Miss Bonnar, of Port Chalmers, and has five sons and one daughter.