Historical information

John Wearne migrated to Victoria from Cornwall in 1853. He was living in the Lintons/Smythesdale district by 1858, where he had mining interests. He married Ann McGie in 1865, after his first wife Selina Harris (married 1858) died in 1860. John and Ann Wearne had ten children, all born at Linton.
Ann McGie, born in Scotland in 1846, was a daughter of Henry McGie, a sawmiller, who pioneered the use of steam-driven timber-milling equipment in his sawmills in Victoria.

Physical description

Sepia photograph of an older bearded gentleman wearing suit and tie seated with left arm resting on lap, right arm resting on chair arm, and woman wearing glasses and long two piece, long sleeved outfit standing at left of man, her right arm resting on back of chair and left arm hanging by her side.

Inscriptions & markings

"To dear Mrs -?- (name crossed out) from J and A Wearne with best wishes".