The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Otago & Southland Provincial Districts]
Shand, George
Shand, George , Farmer, Woodlands. Mr Shand was born in 1859, at the Taieri, where he was educated and brought up to farming by his father, Mr William Shand, who now resides at Kapuka. He was afterwards engaged in sawmilling work, and subsequently became a bush contractor. In 1898, Mr Shand purchased 100 acres of freehold at Woodlands, where he has erected a homestead, and effected many improvements. He devotes himself to dairyfarming, and milks seventeen cows, the milk of which he sends to the factory at Woodlands. Mr Shand was for some years a member of the Rimu school committee. He was married, in 1882, to a daughter of Mr James Blaney, of Kaitangata, and has four sons.