The family arrived on the "Jessie Gilbert" which berthed at Bluff in May, 1865, after a voyage which lasted five months. The Milne family proceeded to Invercargill by wagon and spent the first night in the colony in a small hotel in Tay street, called the "Three Bells." The following day they journeyed to Woodlands, the family belongings being transported in bullock and horse-drawn vehicles (taken from William Dawson Milne's obituary).
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| CUSTOMS ENTRIES., Issue 1078, 3 June 1865 |
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| SHIPPING., ODT, Issue 1079, 5 June 1865 |
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| THE WOODLANDS POST OFFICE., Southland Times, Issue 1971, 3 December 1872 |
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| Southland Times, Issue 3473, 8 August 1879 |
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| John and Jane Milne's sons. Unknown Date. |
At the age of 64 John passed away at Long Bush and is buried in the Eastern Cemetery, Invercargill. Mrs Milne survived her husband by 29 years passing on the 23 July 1907 in Mataura, Southland aged 90 years at residence of one of her sons. She is buried with her husband and two of the their daughters Annie Ford and Mary at the Eastern Cemetery, Invercargill.
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| DEATH., Southland Times, Issue 3124, 17 June 1878 |
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| Southland Times, Issue 3126, 19 June 1878 |
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| DEATHS., Southland Times, Issue 10996, 25 July 1907 |
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| PERSONAL ITEMS., Otago Witness, Issue 2786, 7 August 1907 |
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| PERSONAL., Evening Star, Issue 12727, 30 July 1907 |
http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ST18721203.2.16
Woodlands 1905: http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-Cyc04Cycl-t1-body1-d7-d111.html
http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ST19070725.2.7
http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/OW19070807.2.80
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