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. Arthur Scoullar , who was Mayor of Dunedin for the year 1884–85, was previously a member of the city Council. He was born in Ayrshire, Scotland, where he was sent to work at the age of seven, and for eight years was engaged in making Kilmarnock bonnets. He was then apprenticed to the cabinetmaking business in Glasgow, where he completed his term about 1850, and, in 1854, sailed for Melbourne, as a carpenter's mate on the ship “Contest,” After six unprofitable years on the Australian goldfields he came over to New Zealand, where he was very successful on the Clutha diggings. In 1863 Mr. Scoullar established himself in business in Dunedin, and was afterwards joined by Mr. Chisholm, under the style of Scoullar and Chisholm, furniture warehousemen. Mr. Scoullar died in Wellington in 1899, leaving a widow, and a family of two sons and five daughters.