An Agricultural Labourer of Dalmellington.
John Hunter (1832-1917)

 This early photograph, of John Hunter, when he was about twenty.  It was probably taken  in the middle of the 19^th century, at a fair in Northern Ireland or South West Scotland. It was produced by the tin-plate process around 1852. The tin-plate process was invented in America and it was introduced Britain in the middle of the 19^th century. It quickly became a popular novelty and photographic booths which could be quickly erected travelled around County fairs where the images could be taken and developed in a few minutes.   It is remarkable that this image of John Hunter travelled to South Australia and that it has survived for over 150 years. The picture has been enhanced by computer to improve the contrast for reproduction in Hunter’s Tyrst. 

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John Hunter was probably born in South Ayrshire in1832. As a young man he traveled the short sea journey to Northern Ireland to seek work as an agricultural labourer on one of the Frames or landed estates. In 1832 he married Mary Campbell, in 1856, at Bally Linny. County Antrim. Sortly after their wedding they moved to Dallmellington Ayrshire where John worked on the local farms and they raised eleven children.In 1882, at fifty years of age, John and Mary immigrated to Adelade, South Australia on the ship Nebo, where two of their sons had migrated earlier. Initially family members worked in local quarries but by 1890 John had taken up land and with the 3 youngest sons operated a market garden and orchard in the hills behind Adelaide. Other family members moved to Western Australia and Newcastle (New South Wales) as they married and went on to make their lives in their new country. Picture and story by courtesy of David Hunter and Initially family members worked in local quarries but by 1890 John had taken up land and with the 3 youngest sons operated a market garden and orchard in the hills behind Adelaide. Other family members moved to Western Australia and Newcastle (New South Wales) as they married and went on to make their lives in their new country.Picture and story courtesy of David Hunter and the the BBC community website.http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/community/archive/gallery/   Published by the Clan Hunter Association U.K. , 3 Tarbet Avenue, Priory Bridge Estate, Blantyre, Scotland G72 9PB Editor: Stephen McGinty 64 Lochbrae Drive, Rutherglen,Glasgow G73 3EN Email: smcginty@totalise.co.uk