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 before moving to New Zealand in 1871 with his family. [3] He married a woman by the name of Eliza Jane Halyday in 1878, and eventually passed away in Auckland in 1932. [4]
After working as a photographer upon arrival in New Zealand, Hunter was appointed to an engineering cadet in the Public Works Department in Wellington (1872.) [1] [5] He continued to work for the Public Works Department until 1882, when he went into a private practice in partnership with James Stewart. [5] Hunter then went on to become an engineer for the Westport Coal Company (1894-1897), 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- ^ a b "ATL: Unpublished Collections".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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