The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Otago & Southland Provincial Districts]
Lorne — Mr. George Brown
Lorne.
Mr. George Brown , sometime of Waikiwi Plains, was born at Campsie, Stirling, Scotland, in 1817, and was brought up to an outdoor life. He was engaged in farming on his own account in Scotland till 1861, when he came out to Melbourne. At a later period he arrived in New Zealand and resided for eighteen months at Taieri Ferry. He then removed to Southland, where he bought 190 acres at Waikiwi Plains, and subsequently increased his holding to 380 acres. Mr Brown served for some time as a member of the Myross Bush school committee, and was an office-bearer of the Presbyterian church. He was married, in 1895, to a daughter of Mr James Buchanan, of Stirlingshire, Scotland, and at his death, in 1903, left three sons and two daughters.