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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Carnie, Charles , Farmer, “Birchwood,” Mataura Island. Mr Carnie was born in 1858, in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, where he was educated and brought up to farming. He came to Port Chalmers, in 1877, by the ship “Oamaru,” and for the first three years after his arrival worked in the Taieri district. With a partner, Mr Carnie afterwards engaged in farming in the Hindon district, and then removed to Otautau, where he was fanning on his own account for five years. He subsequently acquired a property at the upper end of Mataura Island, but sold out in 1897, and purchased “Birchwood,” which consists of 777 acres of freehold. The land was then wet and swampy, and involved considerable expenditure on ditching, draining and banking, but now, with the exception of about 100 acres, it is all under cultivation, and in front of the homestead there is a pretty lagoon. Mr Carnie has served as a director of the local dairy factory. He was married, in 1878, to a daughter of Mr John McCabe, of Green Island, and has four sons and six daughters.