Person
Caire, Nicholas John (1837 - 1918)
- Born
- 28 February 1837
Guernsey - Died
- 13 February 1918
Armadale, Victoria, Australia - Occupation
- Photographer
Summary
Nicholas Caire was involved in both outdoor and X-Ray photography. He promoted eucalypts in his photographs, which accompanied numerous newspaper articles, to awaken official and public interest in them.
Details
Born Guernsey, Channel Islands, 28 February 1837. Died Armadale, Victoria, 13 February 1918. Arrived Adelaide ca 1860. Travelled through Gippsland 1865, taking photographs of Aboriginals and landscapes; studio in Adelaide 1867-70; photographer, Talbot, Victoria 1870-76; studio, Melbourne 1876-85; outdoor photography from 1885; did X-ray photography one day a week free for the Melbourne General Hospital.
Related entries
Published resources
Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Exhibitions
- McCarthy, Gavan; Smith, Ailie; Moje, Christine; Rigby, Rebecca, The Study of Australian Eucalypts, eScholarship Research Centre, 2013, http://www.eoas.info/eucalypts/index.html. Details
Books
- Pitkethly, Anne; Pithethly, Don, N.J. Caire, landscape photographer (Rosanna, Vic: A. and D. Pitkethly, 1988), 112 pp. Details
- Wrigley, J.; and Fagg, M., Eucalypts: a Celebration (Crows Nest Australia: Allen & Unwin, 2010), 344 pp. Details
Book Sections
- Cato, Jack, 'Caire, Nicholas John (1837-1918)' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 3: 1851 - 1890 A-C, Douglas Pike, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1969), pp. 328-329. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A030304b.htm. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q19974450. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/40445484. Details
- 'Caire, N J. (1837-1918)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-634282. Details
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 21 August 2019
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