John William Lindt

Lindt first came to Australia in 1863, where he worked in photography studio. After a brief visit to Germany in 1867, he returned and bought the business. In 1875 and 1876, he photographed the the Clarence River district and its Aboriginals, producing several albums. Afterwards, he moved to Melbourne and opened a new studio on Collins Street, where he photographed society, theatre and landscape subjects. He became the official photographer for an expedition to Britsh New Guinea in 1885, exhibiting his photographs at the Indian and Colonial Exhbition in London in 1886 and later publishing Picturesque New Guinea in 1887. He became a member of the Royal Geographical Society, and in 1888 was the official photographer for the Melbourne International Exhbition. Reference: Frost, Valerie, 'Lindt, John William (1845–1926)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/lindt-john-william-4023/text6385, accessed 12 February 2012.