Richard Daintree, Australian geologist and photographer, from albumen print
Born
(1832-12-13)13 December 1832
Hemingford Abbots, Huntingdonshire, England
Died
20 June 1878(1878-06-20) (aged 45)
Beckenham, England
Nationality
English
Citizenship
United Kingdom
Education
Christ's College, Cambridge
Known for
geology, photographs of the Victorian goldfields exhibited at the 1862 International Exhibition in London
Scientific career
Institutions
Australian Geological Survey Office, Queensland Agent-General
Academic advisors
Alfred Selwyn
Richard Daintree CMG (13 December 1832 – 20 June 1878) was a pioneering Australian geologist and photographer. In particular, Daintree was the first Government geologist for North Queensland discovering gold fields and coal seams for future exploitation. Daintree was a pioneer in the use of photography during field trips and his photographs formed the basis of Queensland's contribution to the Exhibition of Arts and Industry in 1871. Following the success of the display, he was appointed as Queensland's Agent-General in London in 1872 but was forced to resign in 1876 due to ill-health and malpractice by some of his staff although not Daintree himself. A number of features in North Queensland have been named after Daintree including the town of Daintree, Queensland, the Daintree National Park, the Daintree River, the Daintree Rainforest which has been nominated for the World Heritage List and the Daintree Reef.
RichardDaintree CMG (13 December 1832 – 20 June 1878) was a pioneering Australian geologist and photographer. In particular, Daintree was the first Government...
16°12′S 145°24′E / 16.2°S 145.4°E / -16.2; 145.4 The Daintree Rainforest, also known as the Daintree, is a region on the northeastern coast of Queensland...
1988 Daintree National Park, containing part of the Daintree Rainforest Daintree Reef, off the coast from the Daintree Rainforest RichardDaintree (1832–1878)...
The Daintree National Park is located in Far North Queensland, Australia, 1,757 km (1,092 mi) northwest of Brisbane and 100 km (62 mi) northwest of Cairns...
Daintree Reef is a reef system in the Coral Sea, Queensland. Named after RichardDaintree, it is adjacent to the Daintree Rainforest, just off the coast...
The Daintree River is a river that rises in the Daintree Rainforest near Cape Tribulation in Far North Queensland, Australia. The river is located about...
short-lived gold rush there did not occur until 1871–72. In 1865, RichardDaintree discovered 100 km (62 mi) south-west of Charters Towers the Cape River...
ashore after drifting with the currents for about 200 km. In the 1860s, RichardDaintree discovered gold and copper deposits along several rivers which led...
(Jim Crow Creek) was photographed in 1857/8 on wetplate collodion by RichardDaintree and Antoine Fauchery for their Sun Pictures of Victoria, a copy of...
434958 Named after geologist and photographer RichardDaintree, this system is adjacent to the Daintree Rainforest. Darwin Mounds Off the northwest coast...
artist John Dahlsen (born 1963): contemporary environmental artist RichardDaintree (1832–1878): photographer Roy Dalgarno (1910–2001): social realist...
colony of Victoria, where he built up an excellent staff including RichardDaintree, C. D. H. Aplin, Charles Smith Wilkinson, Reginald Murray, Edward John...
just north of Charters Towers in Queensland. The Hann family with RichardDaintree and two others took up several holdings along the Clarke River, a tributary...
and settlement soon followed. The Queensland Government's geologist RichardDaintree visited Upper Camp in August 1870, and the Ravenswood goldfield (about...
The Daintree rainbowfish (Cairnsichthys bitaeniatus) is a species of rainbowfish endemic to Australia. This species is endemic to the wet tropics of north...
entomologist Pat Coombs (1926–2002), actress James Cossins (1933–1997), actor RichardDaintree (1831–1878), geologist and photographer T. Pelham Dale (1821–1892)...
scholar RichardDaintree CMG (1832–1878), geologist who gave his name to the Daintree National Park, the Daintree Rainforest and the Daintree River, Australia...
RichardDaintree at Cape River in 1867, that the family could see that their pastoral venture was likely to be successful. In 1868 RichardDaintree was...
Charles Cooper, Chief Justice of South Australia 1856–1861 Daintree River: named for RichardDaintree, geologist Daly River: named for Sir Dominick Daly, Governor...
Christopher D'Oyly Hale Aplin on 1 April 1868, and the second one RichardDaintree on 12 May 1868 to explore the northern regions. Their job was to look...
early 1860s and copper was discovered in the area in the mid-1860s. RichardDaintree, in partnership with William Hann, established a short-lived open-cut...
scattered. The first recorded gold in the district was found by geologist RichardDaintree in 1867 near present-day Georgetown. A series of other gold and base...
goldfields and Aboriginal Australians that Fauchery made with photographer RichardDaintree that are among the only existing images of the goldfields and Australian...
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