Trained in lithography and photography in Germany, Edmund Diederich emigrated to South Australia in 1881. He worked for a short time in Adelaide before pursuing a career as a travelling portrait photographer and artist with his mobile studio. He travelled through the mid-north of South Australia before settling in Hahndorf around 1895 where he worked as both a photographer and farmer.
1881 (Arrived in South Australia on the 'Catania', 26 July 1881)
Residence
- Hamburg, Germany
1881 - 1882 Adelaide, SA
1895 - 1923 Hahndorf, Adelaide Hills, SA
Initial Record Data Source
Photohistory of SA, Art Gallery of South Australia
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Without Elisabeth, this citation only mentions Diederich's daughter, leaving a reader to ponder his family structure. Indeed, we know a lot about Elisabeth, who features in some of his lithographs, along with their children Wilhelm and Ida. -
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