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| Alexander Hunter |
| Family
Name: |
Hunter |
Variant
Spellings: |
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| Given
Names: |
Alexander |
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| DOB |
1814.
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DOD |
6 April 1867 |
| Place
of Birth: |
Heriot, Scotland
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Place
of Death: |
Hokitika, New Zealand |
| Age
at Death: |
50
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| School:
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University:
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| Qualifications:
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LRCS Ed 1835
FRCS Ed 1844
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Speciality:
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| Other
Occupations: |
Parliamentarian |
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| Spouse:
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Janet Rochet m.1844 Edinburgh |
| Children: |
William Cunningham Sterling Hunter d.1866 Bay of Biscay aged 21 |
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| Voyages:
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"Victory" from Glasgow arr. Port Phillip 19 July 1849
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| Came
out as: |
Surgeon superintendent |
| Date
Settled Aus: |
1849
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Date
of Departure: |
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| First
Registered: |
1850 Melbourne
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Off
Register: |
1864 |
| Addresses:
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Madras, India (College Lists 1835)
Victoria 1849 (shipping record)
Victorian goldfields 1851 (Bowden)
Melbourne, Vic 1853 (MMH)
New Zealand from 1863
Dunedin, NZ 1863 (Fulton, West Coast Times)
Invercargill, NZ 1866 (Fulton)
Hokitika, NZ (Fulton) |
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| Positions
Held: |
Demonstrator of anatomy, Knox's School 1835 (Parliament website)
Lecturer on Anatomy in the School of the College of Surgeons (Argus 1849)
MLA for East Melbourne 1859-1861 (parliamentary website) |
| Publications:
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Melbourne Hospital [letter]. Age 21 May 1855
Dr Hunter again!. Argus (Melbourne) 2 May 1861 [letters to the editor from Dr. Hunter and J. R. Hunter re his proposed departure on "Donald McKay"] |
| Notes:
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A Chartist who migrated because of his political opinions (parliamentary website)
A long report of his marital problems appears in the West Coast Times (NZ) 1866
According to a letter from his wife to the Argus (2 May 1861) he deserted her in 1847 and she and her son rejoined him in Melbourne in 1852
He was insolvent and unable to pay maintenance to his wife in 1855 (see refs Age, MMH)
Father of W. C. S. Hunter (qv) |
| Acknowledgments:
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Updated in March and April 2008 and October 2009 with information from Christine Laskowski of Essendon, Vic |
| References: |
Undermentioned gentlemen. Port Phillip Gazette 20 March 1850 [Alexander Hunter registered by the Medical Board]
Medical Board of Victoria. Medical Register for 1863 [Melbourne, LRCS Ed 1835 FRCS Ed 1844]
Graham HB. Happenings of the now long past : the centenary of the Medical Society of Victoria. Medical Journal of Australia 1952;ii:224
Bowden KM. Doctors and diggers on the Mount Alexander goldfields. Maryborough, 1974
Wright-St.Clair RE. Historia nunc vivat: medical practitioners in New Zealand 1830 to 1940. Digital edition. Christchurch, 2013
Fulton RV. Medical practice in Otago and Southland in the early days. Dunedin, 1922
Local topics. Australian Medical Journal. May 1867:157 [Alexander Hunter formerly of Melbourne died Hokitika NZ, noted for eccentricities, marital problems]
Immigration Office returns (Victoria)
Shipping intelligence. Argus (Melbourne) 20 July 1849 [Alexander Hunter Esq Surgeon Superintendent on "Victory" from Glasgow]
Advertisement. Argus (Melbourne) 2 November 1849:3
Advertisements re sale of furniture and cessation of practice. Melbourne Morning Herald 23 June 1853:1
Recovered health and returning to practice. Melbourne Morning Herald 15 May 1854:2
Advertisement. Age (Melbourne) 17 October 1854
Dr. Hunter's case. Age (Melbourne) 31 January 1855
Locked up for failing to pay money to support his wife. Melbourne Morning Herald 30 January 1855:5
Dr. Hunter. Age (Melbourne) 7 April 1857 [Dr. Hunter engaged Dr. Owen Rigby to assist in the practice, Rigby's family tried to evict Hunter, who retaliated and thre them out]
Dr. Hunter. Argus (Melbourne) 11 April 1857 [Dr Alexander Hunter accused of assaulting William Henry Rigby, brother of Dr. Rigby who resided in the same house as Hunter....]
District Court. Age (Melbourne) 11 April 1857 [a long, detailed account of the battle at the Collins Street house between Drs Hunter and Rigby and supporters]
Victoria. South Australian Advertiser 29 April 1861 [Dr Hunter, MLA for East Melbourne, prevented from sailing on "Donald McKay" which left with his son and baggage]
News and notes. Moreton Bay Courier 7 May 1861 [Dr Hunter arrested on the "Donald McKay" at Queenscliffe]
Dr Hunter and his wife. West Coast Times (NZ) 12 May 1866 [long separated, married 1844 Edinburgh, he emigrated to Australia etc] |
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