Elizabeth Hunter (abt. 1827 - 1910)

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Died 30 Aug 1910 at about age 83 in Nairne, South Australia, Australia

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Biography

The Advertiser Sat 3 Sep 1910
DEATH OF AN OLD COLONIST
WOODSIDE September 1. The death is announced of an old colonist, Miss Elizabeth Hunter. She arrived at Port Adelaide from Glasgow in 1856 in the Superb with her father, mother, two sisters, and three brothers. She had resided in this township for 54 years, having come here in 1856 to keep house for her brothers, John and Robert, who started business in Woodside as general storekeepers. The deceased lady took a great interest in the business, chiefly attending to the butter department, large quantities of which was purchased in bulk, the farmers bringing it in in buckets. The butter was then lifted, packed in salt, and put into wooden kits or kegs, something the shape of large flower pots, different sizes, holding about 30 lb., and then shipped to Batavia, the salt being also marketable. When the price was over 8d. per lb. locally it was not profitable to export. A quantity of fruit was also purchased and made into jam, made up in the present-day form, for export and home consumption. In these days the firm purchased large numbers of opossum skins, which were packed in wool bales and sent to D. & W. Murray's, the for being principally used for making hats. The deceased lady and her brother John were fond of gardening, and visitors came from far and near to see their choice flower garden. - Miss Hunter was much respected and loved by all who knew her. ^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ "DEATH OF AN OLD COLONIST." The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1889 - 1931) 3 September 1910: 21. Web. 10 Mar 2022 <http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5249619>.

• South Australia Death Index ((Genealogy SA, https://www.genealogysa.org.au/index.php : accessed 10 Mar 2022) database entry for Elizabeth Hunter (Death date 30 Aug 1910, age 83, marital status S, place of death Woodside, residence Woodside) Reference: District Nairne, Book/Page 351/273.