The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Otago & Southland Provincial Districts]
McEwen, Isaac
McEwen, Isaac , Miner, Orepuki. Mr McEwan was born at Strathavon, Lanarkshire. Scotland, arrived at the Bluff in 1868, by the ship “Sir William Moir,” and for about two years Worked in the neighbourhood of Invercargill. Mr McEwen has an interest in a mining claim at Orepuki, where, with the exception of about nine months spent on the West Coast, he has resided since 1870.