Sacred to the memory of
Robert Gazley Mack
Sugar Planter
Who died at Isipingo
On 20th June 1860
Aged Sixty Nine
Years
“His end was peace”
Robert Gazley Mack (aged 44) and his son James (aged 17) arrived at Port Natal as Byrne Settlers aboard the Henrietta on 4th July 1850. They were allocated plots in the Byrne Valley according to the Byrne Emigration Scheme. However it appears that on seeing their allocations in the Byrne Valley, they opted to return to Durban. The farm “Isipingo” was originally owned by Henry Francis Fynn who had arrived in Natal in1824. Because he never lived on it, he lost the rights to it and it was given to Dick King as part of his reward for his famous ride of 1842. Robert then bought some of the Isipingo land from Dick King. In 1852 Robert acquired plant cane from Edmund Morewood of Compensation and became one of the pioneer sugar planters at Isipingo. Sugar cane farming continued on the farm till the mid 1960s, his grandson Robert Henry, son of James, being the last to carry on the tradition. The area was eventually taken over for Indian occupation as per the Group Areas Act that was imposed.
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