To attend Lowburn School, Mrs Cowie and her siblings would walk to the Lowburn Punt to cross the Clutha River. She later attended Cromwell District High School and left at 14 to work on the family farm. Previous owners, the Munros, had named it Deer Park supposedly after wild deer that came down from the hills. It was not a big transition to being a farmer’s wife as Mrs Cowie was used to working outside. Mrs Cowie believed there would be few places in New Zealand that had undergone such change as Cromwell.

Source: Otago Daily Times April 05, 2026 17:36 UTC