John Paine b. 1833

  • Artist (Photographer)
John Paine was a well-known commercial photographer who travelled with the Australian Squadron and recorded the establishment of the British Protectorate over South East New Guinea in 1884. His bread and butter, though, was selling picturesque views of the Blue Mountains west of Sydney and of the bustling city itself.

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Featured in exhibition Treasures of Light , Macleay Museum, Sydney University which included work from twenty-one photographic collections owned by the Museum. Paine was a well-known commercial photographer in Sydney in the late 19th Century. He sold views of the city and the Blue Mountains from his studio at 96 Elizabeth Street, Waterloo. He also travelled with the Australian Squadron and recorded the establishment of the British Protectorate over South East New Guinea in 1884. Paine extensively photographed the street decorations for Federation in Sydney in 1901.

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Staff Writer
Date written:
1999
Last updated:
2011