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

Brown, Israel

Brown, Israel Settler, Duntroon. Mr. Brown was born in 1855, in the Island of St. Vincent, West Indies, where he attended school. In 1871 he went to London, and became a ship's steward. He travelled in his vessel to different parts of the world, and arrived in Dunedin in 1888 by the ship “Waimate.” For sometime Mr. Brown was a hotel cook in the city, but subsequently engaged in outdoor pursuits, such as navvying and bushfelling. He afterwards joined the Survey Department, and was engaged for nearly a year at Catlins river. Four years afterwards he found employment in rabbiting, and then became camp cook in connection with threshing mills. Since 1894 Mr. Brown has followed this employment in the Duntroon district.