Charles H Handley b. 1847

  • Artist (Photographer)
professional photographer from England active in Cairns and North Queensland 1887-1900, in partnership with Alfred Atkinson from 1891. Known for his documentation of the region and Aboriginal people as well as as a collector for the British Museum.
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Name
Charles H Handley
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Photographer)
Other Occupation
  • teacher -
Birth date
1847
Birth place
Stroud, Goucestershire, Great Britain
Death date
22 October 1900
Death place
Cairns, Qld.
Burial place
Cairns, QLD
Arrival
  • 3 May 1876 (Arrived Rockhampton on the Strahearn from Queenstown (NZ?))
Residence
  • 1876 - 1887 North Queensland (working as a teacher )
  • 1887 - 1900 (residence in Handley's house in Scott street included in will to partner Alfred Atkinson)

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References [<ExternalResource: Searle. Ross, 1993, Artists in Tropical Queensland: historical surveyor artists in Norh Queensland, Master of Letters in Museum Studies thesis. James Cook Universily, Townsville>, <ExternalResource: Brown, Julie , 1984, Versions of Reality’: the production and function of photographs in colonial Queensland, 1880 - 1900, PhD Thesis, Department of History. University of Queensland, Brisbane>, <ExternalResource: Thorp, Justine Margaret (2005) The development of the tourism cultural landscape of the Cairns Region, 1890- 1970. PhD thesis, James Cook University.>] [<ExternalResource: Searle. Ross, 1993, Artists in Tropical Queensland: historical surveyor artists in Norh Queensland, Master of Letters in Museum Studies thesis. James Cook Universily, Townsville>, <ExternalResource: Brown, Julie , 1984, Versions of Reality’: the production and function of photographs in colonial Queensland, 1880 - 1900, PhD Thesis, Department of History. University of Queensland, Brisbane>]