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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Nelson, Marlborough & Westland Provincial Districts]

Mr. James Robertson

Mr. James Robertson has been identified with Hokitika for about forty years. He was born in Fifeshire, Scotland, in 1830, and was educated in Edinburgh. For about twelve years he followed a pastoral life, and went to Australia in 1854, in the ship “Champion of the Seas.” Mr. Robertson was on the Castlemaine goldfields for about seven years. On the outbreak of the West Coast “rush.” he went to Greymouth, and worked at Stafford, Humphrey's Gully, Blue Spur, and Rimu, until 1897, when he retired from active life. In 1859, he married Miss Mary Henry, of Melbourne, and has two sons and one daughter, all married. Mr. Robertson has been connected with the Wesleyan church on the Coast ever since that body has been established in the district.