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Postcard (item) - Black and white postcard, Nicholas John Caire, Marysville Victoria, Aust, 1858-1918

  • Shows three people standing at the edge of a river. They are surrounded by heavy forest with trees and tree ferns. In the background a hill is visible. There is a message handwritten written in black ink on the front of the postcard, along the bottom edge. There is also a return address written on the front. On the reverse is written the address of the recipient. There are two date stamps, one from Melbourne and one from Denmark. There is also a stamp from the Bill Hopkins Collection, Notting Hill Gate, London. The postage stamp has been removed.

    Marysville Victoria, Aust.

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  • Shows three people standing at the edge of a river. They are surrounded by heavy forest with trees and tree ferns. In the background a hill is visible. There is a message handwritten written in black ink on the front of the postcard, along the bottom edge. There is also a return address written on the front. On the reverse is written the address of the recipient. There are two date stamps, one from Melbourne and one from Denmark. There is also a stamp from the Bill Hopkins Collection, Notting Hill Gate, London. The postage stamp has been removed.

Historical information

One of a series of postcards of photographs taken by socialite photographer Nicholas John Caire. N.J. Caire had a great love for the area and in the late 1800's took many photographs of Marysville and its surrounds.

Significance

One of a series of postcards of photographs taken by socialite photographer Nicholas John Caire. N.J. Caire had a great love for the area in and surrounding Marysville and in the late 1800's took many photographs of Marysville and its surrounds. N.J. Caire was born in 1837 in Guernsey. He arrived in Adelaide about 1860 along with his parents who encouraged his early interest in photography. He opened a studio in Adelaide in 1867 after traveling extensively throughout the Gippsland taking photographs. After marrying in 1870 he moved to Talbot in Victoria until 1876 when he opened a studio in the Royal Arcade in Melbourne. After 1885 N.J. Caire gave up his city work and made his home in South Yarra and devoted the rest of his life to outdoor photography, specializing in the bush, the gullies and the mountains of south-eastern Victoria.

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