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Richard Daintree
Geologist and Photographer  1832–1878

National Gallery of Australia (Canberra)
Melbourne / Victorian Photographs

This selection has been taken from photographs available online through the National Gallery of Australia. Richard Daintree arrived in1852 for the Victorian gold rush. Being not successful in the search for gold, he later working as a geologist for the Victorian Geological Survey (1854–1856, 1857–1864). Daintree briefly returned to England in 1856–1857 and studied assaying and metallurgy at the Royal School of Mines London. He also studied the new medium of photography. Daintree is famous not only for his contributions to geology but also for his initiative in linking science (geology) and photography. He moved to Queensland in 1864. 

 

NGA Collection, Richard Daintree: possibly Daintree's camp
 
NGA Collection, Richard Daintree: Dryden Rock, Mount Macedon east side
 
NGA Collection, Richard Daintree: Fairy Park looking towards Station Peak
 
NGA Collection, Richard Daintree: mining scene
 
NGA Collection, Richard Daintree: mining scene
 
NGA Collection, Richard Daintree: mining town 1860s
 
NGA Collection, Richard Daintree: River with cliff face
 
NGA Collection, Richard Daintree: Rocky Gorge 1860

 

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