George Arthur Keartland b. 1848 Northampton, England, UK

  • Artist (Photographer)
George Arthur Keartland was a professional photographer and printer who worked for the Melbourne Age in the 1870s.
Talk | Version history | Updated Oct. 19, 2011 | Created Jan. 1, 1992
Name
George Arthur Keartland
Birth date
1848
Birth place
Northampton, England, UK
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Photographer)
Residence
  • c.1871 Tarnagulla, Vic.
  • c.1850- c.1897 Melbourne, Vic.
Other Occupation
  • professional photographer
  • Printer
Arrival
  • c.1850
Active Period
  • c.1871- c.1897
Cultural Heritage
  • English
Languages
  • English
Is Indigenous
No
Initial Record Data Source
  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870

professional photographer and printer, was born in Northampton. He came to Melbourne at the age of two and as a teenager worked in a Melbourne photographic studio before becoming a compositor at Tarnagulla, Victoria. Keartland joined the Melbourne Age in 1871 and was still working there as a compositor in June 1897 when he was interviewed by the Australian Typographical Journal .

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Writers:
Staff Writer
Date written:
1992
Last updated:
2011
Citations:
  • (1897), Interview, (Place: Melbourne, Vic. : Australian Typographical Journal, June)