In the same year he married Margaret Marchbank, a daughter of James Marchbank, who had arrived in 1857 and farmed at West Taieri. Gold Diggings! Postman.’’Graham was soon being called ‘‘Red Coat’’ because of his red jacket. Graham became an expert on the routes to the goldfields at Tuapeka and then the Dunstan. Should anyone attempt a ‘‘History of Otago Characters’’, Jock ‘‘Red Coat’’ Graham deserves his own chapter.

Source: Otago Daily Times December 08, 2019 14:26 UTC