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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Stewart, Robert , Farmer, “The Blue Gums,” Wharekuri. Mr. Stewart was born in Forfarshire, Scotland, in 1856, and was brought up to a pastoral life by his father, who was a shepherd. He arrived at Port Chalmers by the ship “White Eagle” in 1880, and carried his swag to the Otekaike station, where one of his relations was employed. He obtained work there, was afterwards a shepherd at Te Akatarawa, and in 1887 purchased the first portion of his property at Wharekuri. Mr. Stewart has since increased his holding and the property, which is mostly devoted to sheepfarming, now consists of 244 acres of freehold, and 193 acres on the opposite side of the road. Mr. Stewart has served as a member of Wharekuri school committee, of which he is now secretary. He was married, in 1887, to a daughter of the late Mr. Robert Pirrie, of Perthshire, Scotland, and has had five sons, one of whom has died.