Peter Thomas Henry Gordon Zohrab was an auctioneer, builder and businessman. Born in 1817 near Liverpool, England, he was a son of Peter Paul John Zohrab and elder brother of Edward John Paul Zohrab. He was educated in England, and married Marianne Walker on 25 May 1840 in Bakewell, Derbyshire, England.

Peter Thomas Henry Gordon Zohrab, with his wife and three surviving children, travelled in July 1850 from the UK to Durban, South Africa on the "Ballengeich", and he was granted land on the Umhloti river. He became part-owner of the Natal Times. He imported beer produced by Edward Zohrab in London. A fourth child, Lillian, was born in South Africa in 1852. On 15 November 1852 he boarded the "Hannah" in Port Natal, with his wife and children, and sailed to Port Philip (Melbourne, Australia). He worked there as a builder and auctioneer. He is mentioned in J.B. Cooper's "History of Prahran" on the webpage: http://www.stonnington.vic.gov.au/library/coopers_history_of_prahran_chap14.htm as being a Moses-like figure in a local church community. Prahran is now a suburb of Melbourne.

The first winner (in 1861 and again in 1862) of the Melbourne Cup was a horse called "Archer", which is described as "William Tell - Maid of Oaks by Vagabond - Gem from a Zohrab mare" on the page http://www.envivosports.com/sportsbook/horse_racing/melbourne-cup-winners.html. It is tempting to suspect a connection with Peter Thomas Henry Gordon Zohrab. The page http://www.tbheritage.com/HistoricDams/ColonMares/C1.html states that Zohrab was the name of a horse.

He later moved to the South Island of New Zealand, following his son Constantine Edward Zohrab, who had been attracted by the goldrush there, and in 1864 owned the hotel Belvidere (which burned down in 1865, under another owner), in Duncan St, Dunedin, according to the following website: http://home.st.net.au/~ailsa/hotellicencees-dunedin.htm

He appears on the 1867-1868 Electoral Roll for the Dunedin district of Roslyn (address: Pine Hill Road, North-east Valley), and on the 1868-1869 Electoral Roll for the South Island west coast district of Westland Boroughs. (address: Hamilton Street, Hokitika).

He died in 1881 in Wellington, in the North Island of New Zealand.

The facts and photographs included on this website are chosen somewhat arbitrarily, and here are the main Southern Zohrab personalities included at present:

Constantine Edward

Edward Goodwin Fortescue

Balfour Douglas

Other Southern Zohrabs