Alfred Wren

  • Artist (Photographer)
Professional photographer, worked at Sandhurst (Bendigo) and then Melbourne from the late 1860s. Wren returned to Sandhurst following the news of his young son's attempted suicide.
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professional photographer, worked at Sandhurst (Bendigo) from the late 1850s or early 1860s before establishing a photographic studio in Elizabeth Street, Melbourne, in 1867-70. Wren was back at Sandhurst by 1873 when a newspaper reported the attempted suicide of his 14-year-old son. In both the 1860s and 1870s he was president of the Bendigo Regional Library.

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Date written:
1992
Last updated:
2011

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