SCOTT, MATTHEW (1820-1904) was born in the north of Ireland and emigrated to Victoria as a young man. Disappointed there, he moved to Queensland as a pioneer farmer, and then came on a visit to New Zealand. After exploring in the Western district of Southland he decided to settle there, and in 1856 took up a pastoral run at Fairfax, to which he brought sheep from Sydney. On the run being opened for settlement, he retired to live in Stewart Island and later in Auckland. Scott was a member of the Southland Provincial Council for New River (1861-64), and was on the executive in 1862, and deputy-superintendent. He died on 10 Jul 1904.

Parltry Record; Southland Times, 13 Jul 1904.

Reference: Volume 2, page 142

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