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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Mr. James Donald , Master of McGeorge Brothers' Freehold No. 2 Dredge, was born near Aberdeen, Scotland, in 1864, and came to New Zealand, with his parents, in 1873. He served an apprenticeship as a carpenter at Port Chalmers, started as a master builder in Dunedin when twenty years of age, and followed his calling for many years, alternately with contracting and sawmilling. About 1894, Mr Donald went to West Australia, where he spent about four years; and he was in Melbourne about the time of the boom. At the time of the dredging boom in New Zealand, he started erecting dredges and putting in machinery. The McGeorge Freehold No. 2 was built by him, and on its completion he was appointed dredgemaster.