Joseph Warrin Wilder

  • Artist (Photographer)
Male colonial Queensland pioneer tabloid photographer who had a knack for shooting murderers before they had committed their crimes, and a habit of selling copies to the public after they were convicted.
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Name
Joseph Warrin Wilder
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Photographer)
Other Occupation
  • photographer (ANZSIC code: 6991)
Active Period
  • 1861 - 1881
Residence
  • c.1863 - c.1881 East Street, Rockhampton, Queensland
  • c.1861 - c.1862 Ipswich, Brisbane, Queensland
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870

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References [<ExternalResource: Davies, Alan and Stanbury, Peter (1985), 'The Mechanical Eye in Australia: Photography 1841-1900', Melbourne, Victoria.>, <ExternalResource: Abbay, O. J. (1980), 'Rockhampton: A Bibliography to 1975', Rockhampton, Queensland.>, <ExternalResource: Fisher, R. (1986), '"Through a glass darkly": Photographers and their role in the Moreton Bay region before 1860', Journal of the Royal Historical Society of Queensland, vol. 12, no. 3.>, <ExternalResource: (1877), 'Hopkins' Rockhampton Almanac', Rockhampton, Queensland.>, <ExternalResource: (c.1869), Rockhampton Bulletin.>]