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'''Ashley John Barsley Hunter''' ( |
'''Ashley John Barsley Hunter''' (1854–1932) was a New Zealand engineer, artist, photographer and cartoonist.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://tiaki.natlib.govt.nz/#details=ethesaurus.161825|title=ATL: Unpublished Collections|website=tiaki.natlib.govt.nz|access-date=2019-05-27}}</ref> Although principally employed as an engineer, his cartoons appeared in the ''New Zealand Graphic, Ladies Journal and Youth Companion'' (1890–1913) in the 1890s and 1900s.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/23141125|title=The unauthorized version : a cartoon history of New Zealand|last=Grant, Ian Fraser.|date=1987|publisher=D. Bateman|isbn=0908610726|edition=2nd ed. rev. & updated|location=Auckland, N.Z.|oclc=23141125}}</ref> |
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== Biography == |
== Biography == |
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Hunter was born in England and moved to New Zealand in 1871 with some of his family.<ref>{{Cite book|title=The letters of Ashley J Hunter 1871-1878|last=Hunter|first=Ashley J.|publisher=M Rolleston|year=2005|location=Christchurch}}</ref> He married Eliza Jane Halyday in 1878 and died in Auckland in 1932.<ref name=":1">{{Cite journal|date=28 May 1932|title=Obituary: Mr Ashley Hunter|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19320528.2.173|journal=New Zealand Herald|pages=14}}</ref> |
Hunter was born in England and moved to New Zealand in 1871 with some of his family.<ref>{{Cite book|title=The letters of Ashley J Hunter 1871-1878|last=Hunter|first=Ashley J.|publisher=M Rolleston|year=2005|location=Christchurch}}</ref> He married Eliza Jane Halyday in 1878 and died in Auckland in 1932.<ref name=":1">{{Cite journal|date=28 May 1932|title=Obituary: Mr Ashley Hunter|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19320528.2.173|journal=New Zealand Herald|pages=14}}</ref> |
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After initially working as a photographer on arrival in New Zealand, he was appointed as an engineering cadet in the Public Works Department in Wellington in 1872.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=http://www.engineeringnz.org/our-work/heritage/engineering-hall-fame/ashley-john-hunter-18541932/|title=Ashley John Hunter (1854–1932) {{!}} Engineering New Zealand|website=www.engineeringnz.org|language=en|access-date=2019-05-27}}</ref> He continued to work for the Public Works Department until 1882 when he went into private practice in partnership with James Stewart.<ref name=":2" /> He was an engineer for the Westport Coal Company (from 1894 to 1897), the [[Paparoa]] Coal Company ( |
After initially working as a photographer on arrival in New Zealand, he was appointed as an engineering cadet in the Public Works Department in Wellington in 1872.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=http://www.engineeringnz.org/our-work/heritage/engineering-hall-fame/ashley-john-hunter-18541932/|title=Ashley John Hunter (1854–1932) {{!}} Engineering New Zealand|website=www.engineeringnz.org|language=en|access-date=2019-05-27}}</ref> He continued to work for the Public Works Department until 1882 when he went into private practice in partnership with James Stewart.<ref name=":2" /> He was an engineer for the Westport Coal Company (from 1894 to 1897), the [[Paparoa]] Coal Company (1906–1910), the [[Waipa District|Waipa]] Coal Company and the [[Westport, New Zealand|Westport]] Stockton Coal Company (1910–1913). In 1918, he was responsible for laying out the [[Glen Afton]] Coal Mine and the [[Huntly railway station, Waikato|Huntly]] Branch Railway.<ref name=":2" /> |
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He was a member of the UK [[Institution of Civil Engineers]] and President of the [[New Zealand Society of Civil Engineers]] from 1922 to 1923.<ref name=":2" /> |
He was a member of the UK [[Institution of Civil Engineers]] and President of the [[New Zealand Society of Civil Engineers]] from 1922 to 1923.<ref name=":2" /> |
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Revision as of 04:56, 21 September 2022
Ashley John Barsley Hunter (1854–1932) was a New Zealand engineer, artist, photographer and cartoonist.[1] Although principally employed as an engineer, his cartoons appeared in the New Zealand Graphic, Ladies Journal and Youth Companion (1890–1913) in the 1890s and 1900s.[2]
Biography
Hunter was born in England and moved to New Zealand in 1871 with some of his family.[3] He married Eliza Jane Halyday in 1878 and died in Auckland in 1932.[4]
After initially working as a photographer on arrival in New Zealand, he was appointed as an engineering cadet in the Public Works Department in Wellington in 1872.[1][5] He continued to work for the Public Works Department until 1882 when he went into private practice in partnership with James Stewart.[5] He was an engineer for the Westport Coal Company (from 1894 to 1897), the Paparoa Coal Company (1906–1910), the Waipa Coal Company and the Westport Stockton Coal Company (1910–1913). In 1918, he was responsible for laying out the Glen Afton Coal Mine and the Huntly Branch Railway.[5]
He was a member of the UK Institution of Civil Engineers and President of the New Zealand Society of Civil Engineers from 1922 to 1923.[5]
External links
View material relating to Ashley Hunter on DigitalNZ
References
- ^ a b "ATL: Unpublished Collections". tiaki.natlib.govt.nz. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
- ^ Grant, Ian Fraser. (1987). The unauthorized version : a cartoon history of New Zealand (2nd ed. rev. & updated ed.). Auckland, N.Z.: D. Bateman. ISBN 0908610726. OCLC 23141125.
- ^ Hunter, Ashley J. (2005). The letters of Ashley J Hunter 1871-1878. Christchurch: M Rolleston.
- ^ "Obituary: Mr Ashley Hunter". New Zealand Herald: 14. 28 May 1932.
- ^ a b c d "Ashley John Hunter (1854–1932) | Engineering New Zealand". www.engineeringnz.org. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
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