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being updated (early 2026) watch this space 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 Return to photo-web contents page