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

Mr. Robert Learmonth

Mr. Robert Learmonth , Headmaster of Balfour Public School, was born, in 1854, in the Orkney Islands, where he was educated and trained as a teacher. Mr Learmonth followed his profession for some years in the Orkneys. He also there worked up an acquaintance with various branches of agriculture, and in the Lothians, the stock-raising districts of Texas, United States, and in the sugar-growing districts of Queensland. In 1885 he arrived in New Zealand, and soon after was appointed to the charge of the Millers' Flat school; eighteen months later, he was transferred to the Elderslie school, near Invercargill. Mr Learmonth continued in charge there till his appointment to his present, position in 1891. He is a member of the Southland branch of the New Zealand Educational Institute, is secretary of the Balfour Cemetery Trust, and of the Presbyterian church, of which he is also choirmaster. Mr Learmonth was married, in 1890, to a daughter of Dr. James Wiseman, of Orkney, and has one son and one daughter.