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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Otago & Southland Provincial Districts]
Mr. George Edward Fisher
Mr. George Edward Fisher , the Senior Partner (private address, Palmerston Street, Riverton) was born in 1839, at Catrine, Ayrshire, Scotland, where he was educated. He came to Port Chalmers by the ship “Ben Lomond,” in 1862, and spent some years on the Nokomai and Waikawa diggings. Mr Fisher then worked at sawmills for several years, and, in 1884, started a mill on his own account at Clifton. He removed to Colac Bay in 1892. Whilst at Clifton, he was for some years a member of the school committee. Mr Fisher was married, in 1862, to a daughter of Mr. A. Gibson, builder, Catrine, Scotland, and has two sons and one daughter.