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Richard Daintree

Geologist and Photographer    1832–1878

England 1832–1852,    Australia 1852–1856
England 1856/1857,     Australia 1857– 1871,     England 1871–1878

 

Richard Daintree (1831–1878) was a pioneering geologist and photographer who played a significant role in the early documentation and promotion of Australia, particularly Queensland.



These links are being added to and updated during early 2026

About Richard Daintree:

For an overview of Richard Daintree, his wife (Lettice Agnas) and his photographic equipment - click here

 

Resources:

Australian Dictionary of Biography entry on Richard Daintree

Richard Daintree, First Government Geologist of Northern Queensland
by Ann Mozley, B.A. Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science, Canberra.

Aspects of Place: the Queensland images of colonial photographer Richard Daintree (a pdf masters thesis)
by Catherine S Webb, 2018  - read her abstract here

Spell O!    Richard Daintree & the Australian image, Gael Newton 1992

Frontier and Metropole, Science and Colonisation: The Systematic Exhibitions of Richard Daintree,
a 2020 research article by Martyn Jolly

 

Collections:

National Gallery of Victoria (NGV)  -  a selection of Victorian photographs

State Library of Victoria:
A selection of photographs from The Sun Pictures of Victoria by Antoine Fauchery and Richard Daintree
The Sun Pictures of Victoria: The Argus (Melbourne)  - 13 August 1858, page 6

Queensland Art Gallery's online page about the Queensland Photographs   
a photo-web page with the plates from the Queensland Art Gallery's Queensland Photographs

The Queensland Museum holds 202 large hand coloured Albumen daintree photographs   
The Queensland Museum: blog page about 200 plus Daintree's large coloured photographs held by the museum.
The Queensland Museum: a selection of Daintree's coloured exhibition prints

The Australian Museum (Canberra)
Collection Highlights: Richard Daintree’s glass photographic plates - pdf
The Australian Museum's Daintree's glass plates   of images of Queensland

The State Library of Queensland:  Daintree Lantern Slides in the library's collection
The State Library of Queensland:  A Daintree Album in the library's collection
The State Library of Queensland:  A selection of photographs from the library's collection

National Gallery of Australia: selection of photographs from the NGA's Daintree collection



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