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

Mr. Colin Mckenzie Gordon

Mr. Colin Mckenzie Gordon , sometime Registrar of the Supreme Court and Sheriff for Otago. was born in Ross-shire, Scotland, in 1830. When about ten years of age he went to Canada, with his parents, and settled at Kingston. In 1852 he left for Australia. in the ship “Torrent,” but returned to Canada in 1854, though he sailed again, the same year for Australia. Mr. Gordon followed the gold rush to New Zealand, in 1861; at first he went to Gabriel's Gully, but subsequently he worked on the banks of the Molyneux. In 1864 he entered the Supreme Court as a clerk, and was appointed deputy-registrar in 1870. In 1883 he succeeded Mr E. ff. Ward as Registrar, and he was also Registrar and Marshal of the Supreme Court in Admiralty jurisdiction. Mr. Gordon died at his residence, York Place. Dunedin. on the 24th of May, 1901, in his 72nd year.