 William Davidson arrived in Port Chalmers on 30 December 1865 in the ship Celaeno.He was sent to the company's 600 km2 farm at Timaru where he spent 2 years as a shepherd under James Hassell, being responsible for the 85,000 Merino sheep.By the end of the two years, Davidson was overseeing 15 Scottish shepherds, and had helped survey and fence much of the previously open land.