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Flock of sheep belonging to Alexander Campbell Hunter, Burnside, Laidley, c1900
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TitleFlock of sheep belonging to Alexander Campbell Hunter, Burnside, Laidley, c.1900Date Createdc.1900PhotographerBenjamin Hurst Taylor (1857-1916)Laura Jane Taylor (nee Harris) (1857- )StudioI.X.L. Studio
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City & StateLaidley, Lockyer Valley, QueenslandGeo Coordinatesnot specified
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DescriptionAlexander Campbell Hunter (1838-1922) arrived in Moreton Bay, aged 16, in 1855, with his parents, from Scotland. His father, John, was a stonemason, and he soon found work on the original St Stephen’s Presbyterian Church (built 1855, the stone church and square tower, on the corner of Limestone and Gordon Streets, was replaced in 1866 by the current building). Other buildings John Hunter worked on included the original St Mary’s (replaced in 1904 with the current building), the Old Courthouse, Lyndhurst (which later became a private hospital), Claremont house, and John Panton’s store, just below Claremont. On arriving in Ipswich, Alexander Hunter found work with Brisbane Street butcher Michael Ford. Hunter grazed bullocks for Ford around what would become North Ipswich. Becoming a proficient horseman at this time, Hunter trained Ford’s racing horses and helped to establish a track at the showgrounds and the North Australian Jockey Club. In 1859, Hunter, in partnership with Robert Scott (who would later become his brother-in-law) started a carrying business, transporting goods for Ipswich stores to as far away as the banks of the Condamine River, Mitchell Downs, Roma, Burnett and Nanago. In the mid-1860s, Hunter and Scott took up land on Laidley Creek, calling their station “Burnside.” Here they started with cotton, before moving on to Lucerne, maize, and the grazing of sheep. Hunter was a prominent member of the Laidley community, serving on the board of the Burnside State School, the Lockyer Agricultural and Pastoral Society and as an alderman with Laidley Municipal Council. This image is part of the Benjamin and Laura Taylor / I.X.L. Studio collection. Based in Ipswich, Benjamin Taylor is known to have travelled extensively throughout Queensland, with his camera. This image appears in ‘Lockyer and Stanley’, volume Two of the Intelligence and Tourist Bureau’s three part series on West Moreton. It is thought that all the photos from the three volumes were taken by the Taylors.References (offline)Red Gum, “Old Identites: Mr. Alexander Campbell Hunter, J.P.”, Queensland Times, Saturday 17th April 1915, p.10
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SubjectsSheep
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Flock of sheep belonging to Alexander Campbell Hunter, Burnside, Laidley, c1900. Picture Ipswich, accessed 01/10/2026, https://www.pictureipswich.com.au/nodes/view/12707