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

Dewar, William

Dewar, William , Farmer and Threshing Mill Owner, Taratahi. Mr. Dewar was born in the parish of Caputh, Perthshire, Scotland, in June, 1844. He has been engaged in outdoor occupations from his early days, and managed his mother's farm for four years before leaving Scotland for New Zealand. In 1864 he landed at Port Chalmers from the ship “E. P. Bouverie,” on her first trip to New Zealand. He found employment in the Taieri district, where he remained four years, and removed to the Oamaru district early in 1869. He bought a team of horses, and went contract ploughing, and was afterwards cropping on Kauroo station, and, later, at Balruddery. In 1876 he went to the Ngapara district, and three years afterwards leased Rocky Knowe Farm, which he worked for eighteen years. After that he residid in Oamaru for four years and a half, and bought 327 acres of Totara estate in 1901. He has erected a large homestead, and effected many improvements. During his residence at Rocky Knowe he was a member of the Island Cliff school committee. Mr. Dewar was married, in 1880, to a daughter of the late Mr. D. M. Blackie, of Kaitangata, and has five sons and two daughters.