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Nicholas Caire
1837–1918

Nicholas Caire (1837–1918) was born in the UK and arrived in Australia in 1858. He settled in Adelaide where he received photographic instruction from Townsend Duryea before establishing his own studio in 1867, focusing on portraiture. He moved to the Victorian goldmining town of Talbot in 1870 before relocating to Melbourne in 1876 where he operated the Anglo-Australasian Photographic Company. He moved his studio to the Royal Arcade, Collins Street in 1880, and from 1884 focused solely on landscape photography, moving out of the city to South Yarra. While Caire is best known for his picturesque landscape photographs of the Victorian countryside, he also produced portraits and photographs of public buildings, parks and gardens.

(2015)

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Impressions of Melbourne

Nicholas Caire

View of Bourke Street, Melbourne

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Nicholas Caire

The Post Office, Melbourne

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Nicholas Caire

Waterfall scene near the Buchan River

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Nicholas Caire

Fern grove, near Mount Munday

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Nicholas Caire

The Royal Mint, Melbourne

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Nicholas Caire1837–1918

Nicholas Caire
1837–1918