DescriptionBob Cotton was born in 1876. In 1916, at aged 40, Bob married 24-year old Elfrida Knight. The couple had six children.
Bob ventured into mining in 1897, when he was granted a race #954 25/97 to carry 15 heads of water for one mile from Bulgers Creek, at the junction with the Waitahuna River, to the Copper mine shaft race formerly held by the Waipori Mining Company.
Bob continued his mining interests into the early 1900s, however he primarily farmed Waipori Station with his brothers until his death.
He was a member of the Otago and Southland Sheep-Owners Industrial Union of Employers, a Justice of the Peace and was the member for Waipori Riding of the Tuapeka County Council for 32-years, and chairman for one.
Bob died in 1950, and Elfrida in 1966. They are buried together in the Waipori Cemetery.
This information comes from pages 90-91 of David Still's 'Gold Beneath Dark Waters | The People of Waipori.'PhotographerUnknown DateC.1916RightsThis item is out of copyright. ContributorWaipori Goldfields Charitable Trust
