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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Otago & Southland Provincial Districts]
Mr. Norman Kenneth Sligo
Mr. Norman Kenneth Sligo , Dredge Master of the Waikaia Dredge, was born in 1866, at Ballarat, Victoria. He came to Dunedin in 1880, attended the Normal School, and was trained as a boilermaker and iron ship builder, at Kincaid and McQueen's foundry, but he subsequently gained two years' experience at Mort's Docks, Sydney, and with other firms in South Australia. Mr Sligo worked on the West Australian goldfields, for six years, and was prospecting in the north of South Australia, before returning to New Zealand, where, with five partners, he built and worked the Tuapeka dredge. Mr Sligo was master of the Macraes dredge; he subsequently became inspector for the Otago Gold Prospecting Syndicate, and nine months later accepted a similar position for the Zealandia Syndicate. He was then dredgemaster of the Ahaura dredge, the Aldinga dredge, and the No Town No. 2 dredge, successively, before being appointed to his present position. Mr Sligo married the daughter of Mr Robert Elder, coach-builder, Mosgiel, and has two sons and one daughter.