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

Author: Cyclopedia Company Limited

Publication details: The Cyclopedia Company, Limited, 1905, Christchurch

Part of: The Cyclopedia of New Zealand

License: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 New Zealand Licence

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The Rev. Andrew Cameron , B.A., Minister in charge of the Presbyterian Church at Anderson's Bay, was born in Paisley, Scotland, and accompanied his parents to Dunedin in 1863 by the ship “City of Dunedin” He was educated at the Port Chalmers High School and the Otago University, where he held a scholarship for three years, and graduated, taking a Senior University Scholarship in Science. For eighteen months he studied at the Otago Presbyterian Theological College, and in 1880 proceeded to Edinburgh to to take a full course of theology at the United Presbyterian College, where he held a scholarship for two years. Mr. Cameron also studied theology at Jena and Leipsic, and returned to New Zealand in 1884, and in that year was called to the charge of the church at Anderson's Bay. He is a member of the New Zealand University Senate and of the Council of the Otago University. He is also convener of the Theological College, a member of the Board of Governors of the Dunedin Girls' and Boys' High Schools, and chairman of the Anderson's Bay school committee.