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last update 5th February 2026
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.
About Richard Daintree:
An overview of Richard Daintree and his wife (Lettice Agnas)
The photographic equipment used by Richard Daintree
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
Go back in time & explore Queensland through photography; Queensland Art Gallery story/blog 2023
Early Photographs - Gold; online article about the1858 Fauchery-Daintree album
ISFAR entry: Fauchery, Antoine Julien (1823–1861)
Collections:
Below are links to selections of photographs from instutional web sites. Hopefully having these selections linked from one portal will assist researchers. We encourage you to visit the museum/gallery sites and where possible visit the institutions to view the originals.
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
Photo-web presentation of plates from the Queensland Art Gallery's Queensland Photographs
Queensland Art Gallery's online page about the Queensland Photographs
Photo-web presentation of the Queensland Museum's collection of Daintree's coloured exhibition prints
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 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: A selection of photographs from the library's collection
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
National Gallery of Australia: selection of photographs from the NGA's Daintree collection
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