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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Dundas, Duncan , Farmer, “Beachview,” Riverton. Mr Dundas was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1854, and came to Dunedin 1862, by the ship “Bombay.” His father took up a run in the Manapouri district, where he worked after leaving school, and he was also employed for some time on one of the old current wheel-dredges on the Molyneux. Mr Dundas took up claims for a syndicate at the time of the tin rush at Stewart Island, where he stayed for six months. After working for a year on the Waipapa dredge, he took charge of the Six Mile dredge (Welman suction), and three years later returned to Stewart Island, where he was prospecting for a time on the Cascade river. With his brother, Mr Dundas held claims at the Waiau, where they cut a large race, which, however, proved a failure. He then took up a cattle run at Mason's Bay, Stewart Island, before settling at Riverton, in January, 1904. “Beachview” comprises about 157 acres of land, part of which is freehold, and part leasehold, and is worked as a grazing farm.