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| | Hume, Andrew Hamilton (1762 - 1849) Biographical Entry - Australian Dictionary of Biography Online |
 | | HUME, ANDREW HAMILTON (1762-1849), superintendent of convicts and farmer, was born on 24 June 1762 at Hillsborough, County Down, Ireland, the eldest son of James Hume, a Presbyterian minister, who had moved from the Scottish border in 1746 and settled at Moira. |
 | | In 1791 Hume reported progress to Phillip and asked for further aid in the form of looms, spinning wheels, and in particular, weavers' brushes, oil and different sets of stays. |
 | | Johnston reinstated Hume in his former position as superintendent of stock and, according to Commissary Palmer, granted him two cows from government stock; but when Lieutenant-Governor Foveaux arrived Hume was dismissed again for 'indications of dishonesty'. |
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