John Paine was a well-known commercial photographer who travelled with the Australian Squadron and recorded the establishment of the British Protectorate over South East New Guinea in 1884. His bread and butter, though, was selling picturesque views of the Blue Mountains west of Sydney and of the bustling city itself.
State Library of NSW records say 1833; National Library of Australia records say 1834
Death date
c.1908
Death place
St Marys, Sydney, NSW, St Marys, Sydney, NSW?
Death note
NSW Births, Deaths and Marriages Registry, University of Sydney and State Library of NSW records all say 1908; National Library of Australia records say 1915