GLENFALLOCH STATION

Otago Daily Times, Issue 27523, 18 October 1950, Page 9

GLENFALLOCH STATION

Long Family Tenure Broken PA INVERCARGILL. Oct. 17. The sale of Glenfalloch Station, Nokomai. to Mr Frank Hall, of Ranfurly, has been completed. This transaction breaks a tenure of 91 years in the Cameron family, dating back to 1859 when Mr D A. Cameron took up the property after exploring the Wakatipu district in company with his cousin, Mr Ajigus Macdonald, The run comprises an area of 93,000 acres, including the Nevis, and carries 19,000 sheep, From 1906 until a few years ago it was managed by Mr Alec Cameron, a son of Mr D. A. Cameron. Associated with the latter in the development of the run were his three brothers, Alexander, John and Angus, as well as Mr A. A. Macdonald. After the flock was brought into the Nokomai Valley a wattle-and-daub house was built, as well as a woolshed and sheepyards, and the work of fencing in some -of the paddocks to hold the sheep was begun. The sheep in the meantime were looked after by a boundary shepherd. The first woolshed was built in 1860 with bush timber and slabs sledged in by bullocks from a gully across Nokomai Creek, later known as Paradise Gully. The shed was big enough then to hold 600 sheep at a time for shearing.