Historical information
When Richard Daintree rejoined the Victorian Geological Survey as a field surveyor in January 1859, he pioneered the use of photography in field-work. The glass plates attributed to him by the State Library of Victoria show four images of the mines in Clunes, Victoria, Australia in the 1860's
Physical description
Black and white reproduction of Port Phillip Colonial & Gold Mining Co., Clunes, Victoria, Australia in a light wood timber frame
Inscriptions & markings
On Reverse: Handwritten in pencil
Port Phillip Co. 1860's Nettleton Photography
glass plate Latrobe Library
References
- Daintree, Richard (1832–1878) by G. C. Bolton Richard Daintree (1832-1878), geologist and photographer, was born on 13 December 1832 at Hemingford Abbots, Huntingdonshire, England, son of Richard Daintree, farmer, and his wife Elizabeth. He matriculated at Christ's College, Cambridge, in 1851, but left after a year because of ill health and in 1852 joined the gold rush to Victoria. Unsuccessful as a prospector, he accepted appointment in February 1854 as assistant geologist to his friend, Alfred Selwyn, in the Victorian Geological Survey, and served with it until 1856.
- The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957) Wed 10 Sep 1862 Page 6 INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION OF 1862. Daintree, R.-For photographs of rocks, fossils and scenery, illustrative of Victorian geology
