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

Mr. Robert Harvey

Mr. Robert Harvey , who came out by the first trip of the “Maori,” was born in Genshiel, Kintail, Inverness-shire, Scotland, in 1824. The “Maori” first touched at
The Late Mr. R. Harvey.

The Late Mr. R. Harvey.

page 385 Nelson, then at Wellington, and finally landed him at Port Chalmers. He settled for some time at the Molyneux, where, in order to procure flour, he had to cross the river in a boat, and having purchased the wheat, have it roughly ground, in which state it was used as required. Returning to Dunedin, he engaged himself as a shepherd to the late Hon. James Fulton, and remained for about ten years in his employment. He was then for some time with Mr. John Hyde Harris, and subsequently settled down at Woodside, Taieri, on a freehold property of about 400 acres, which he changed from a wild, natural condition, to a high state of cultivation. His average yield of wheat was fifty bushels, and of oats about seventy bushels. He carried on mixed farming, and his cattle were of the Shorthorn breed. Mr. Harvey had, in common with other early settlers on the plains, undergone losses by floods, and on one occasion, his fifty-acre crop of wheat, out and in stook, was carried away and entirely lost. Mrs Harvey accompanied her husband from the Old Country, and they had a family of three sons and four daughters. Mr. Harvey was for about four years a member of the school committee at Woodside. He died a year or two ago.