Obituaries Australia

Duncan Robertson, n.d.

from Pastoral Review, 15 July 1913

Mr. Duncan Robertson, of Goree, Narrandera, N.S.W., who died recently, was born in Inverness-shire, Scotland, in 1840. He was only fourteen when he came to Australia, first calling at Tasmania, where he spent nine months. Then crossing to the mainland, his father, the late Mr. Duncan Robertson, purchased Inglefield, near Balmoral, in Victoria. After two years on that estate, Mr. Robertson, the son, had a variety of experiences in connection with the pastoral industry. For seven years he was at Moy Hall, in South Australia, and managed that property while his brother was abroad. About 1864, with his brothers and sisters, he purchased the Mt. Emu Estate, in Victoria, a property of about 30,000 acres, and five years later went to Riverina, where he took up the management of a property for the Australian Mortgage, Land and Finance Company Limited. From there he connected himself with Goree, which he and his brothers purchased in 1872. A successful pastoralist himself, he took an active interest in the industry, doing what he could to help others, especially in his own district. For about thirty-five years he was, a member of the Urana Pastures Protection Board, and chairman of it for over fifteen years. He supported the country shows, and took an active part in the erection of chilling works at Narrandera.

The late Mr. Robertson married Alice, the youngest daughter of the late Sir John Robertson, and leaves four sons and two daughters.