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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Otago & Southland Provincial Districts]

Mr. George King Browne

Mr. George King Browne was born in Plymouth, Devonshire, England, in 1828, and emigrated to Victoria after the great exhibition of London in 1851. He remained in that colony till 1862, and was engaged in storekeeping at Ballarat at the time of the riots. Mr. Browne arrived in Dunedin in 1862, when the main road was being formed from Dunedin to Waikouaiti, and became newsvendor and letter-carrier for the roadmen, as well as financial agent for the storekeepers who supplied the men with goods. At that time there was only a ferry over the Waikouaiti river. Mr. Browne was one of the original members of the Loyal Prince Alfred Lodge, Manchester Unity, which was formed in 1861. He was for many years in business as a stationer and news agent at Hawksbury, Waikouaiti, and left for England in November, 1903.