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The Canberra Times
The Canberra Times
Megan Doherty

From New Zealand to Queanbeyan, with love, for proud Aussie Maori

New Zealand-born Isaac Cotter may boast the name of a famous ACT dam, but it was another local dam that persuaded him to make his home in Australia.

Mr Cotter was just 16 when he scored work labouring on the Googong Dam south of Queanbeyan during a trip to Australia to see his brother.

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