More Info →James Brownlee

James Brownlee was born in Kilmarnock, Scotland in 1870. He came to New Zealand with his parents, and was brought up in Oamaru. Brownlee was a farmer for many years before being apprenticed to the Sterling Cheese Factory in Balclutha. He became the manager of the Apiti Co-Operative Dairy Company Limited when it was founded, in 1895.