- John
Deans (4 May 1820 – 23 June 1854) was,
together with his
brother William, a
pioneer farmer in Canterbury, New Zealand. He was born in Kirkstyle, Riccarton...
- land on the
Canterbury Plains had been
taken up already.
Established runholders did not take them seriously, and some
laughed at them for
wanting to take...
- land on the
Canterbury Plains had been
taken up already.
Established runholders did not take them seriously, and some
laughed at them for
wanting to take...
- Land fell to half its
former value and was
impossible to realise, many
runholders and
businessmen were
ruined and the
working classes were
unable to purchase...
-
offer by
George Gray Russell. Russell's
business was
lending money to
runholders,
shipping their wool and
acting as a
shipping agent.
Russell also acted...
-
Thomas Rowley and one
brother emigrated, and he
became a
significant runholder. He
later started acting as an
agent for
absentee landowners. He briefly...
- and
Molesworth stations which had been
amalgamated in 1938
after the
runholders "walked off" the land. The
three stations had once run
around 95,000 head...
-
September 1889), also
known as
Ready Money Robinson, was a New
Zealand runholder and
member of the New
Zealand Legislative Council.
Robinson was born in...
- John
Cargill (1821 – 2
January 1898) was a New
Zealand politician and
runholder.
Cargill was born in 1821; he was the son of
William Cargill, one of Otago's...
- – 7 July 1905),
derogatorily known as
Scabby Moore, was a New
Zealand runholder and
proprietor of the
Glenmark estate.
Moore was born at
Billown near...
