John Haig b. Scotland, UK

  • Artist (Painter), (Photographer)
portrait painter, professional photographer and civil servant, in 1858 he started a photography and portrait painting business in Warwick, Qld. A fourth generation Haig photographic firm survives at Warwick today.
Talk | Version history | Updated Oct. 19, 2011 | Created Jan. 1, 1992
Name
John Haig
Birth date
Birth place
Scotland, UK
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Painter)
  • Artist (Photographer)
Residence
  • Darling Downs, Qld.
  • London, England, UK
Other Occupation
  • Bookkeeper
  • Accountant
  • Civil servant
Arrival
  • c.1849 (Darling Downs, Queensland.)
Active Period
  • c.1858-
Cultural Heritage
  • Scottish
Languages
  • English
Is Indigenous
No
Initial Record Data Source
  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870

portrait painter, professional photographer and civil servant, was born in Scotland. He is said to have worked as a portrait painter in London before coming to the Darling Downs, Queensland, probably in the late 1840s, as accountant and bookkeeper on the Leslie brothers’ properties ( see G.K.E. Fairholme). In 1856 Haig was appointed the first registrar of births, marriages and deaths for Warwick (Qld) and district. Two years later, he set up concurrently as the town’s portrait painter and photographer. His son Henry (c.1842-1913) was subsequently in partnership with him in the photography business and continued the studio when John died. A fourth generation Haig photographic firm survives at Warwick.

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Writers:
Staff Writer
Date written:
1992
Last updated:
2011
associate of
George Knight Erskine Fairholme
1822
Artist (Draughtsman), Artist (Painter)
parent of
Henry Haig
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
Citations:
  • Barrie, S., (1988), Queenslanders behind the Camera 3, (Place: Morningside, Qld.)