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John Watt Beattie

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Latitude
57.15
Longitude
-2.11
Start Date
1859-01-01
End Date
1859-01-01

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Extended Data

DAAO URL
https://www.daao.org.au/bio/john-watt-beattie
Birth Place
Aberdeen, Scotland, UK
Biography
photographer and collector was born in Aberdeen, Scotland 1859; arrived Tasmania 1878; collected prints, paintings and drawings of Tasmania bought by the Launceston City Council in 1927. Purchased Anson Bros photographers. Tasmanian Museum & Art Gallery (TMAG) has photographs: one of horse-drawn waggons and another of a bullock-drawn cart decorated for a parade c.1919. Also TMAG purchased in 1989-90 12 full plate gold-toned photos on glass of the East Coast c.1900 by J.W. Beattie, mounted on original frame, from the Gordon Highlander Hotel, Sorell. Also 4 photos by Beattie of the interior of TMAG 1902, donated to TMAG by Mrs F.V. Thomson, Bull Creek, WA. Many copies of earlier photos were sold by him, e.g. Nixon and Woolley photographs of the Tasmanian Aboriginal people. This entry is a stub. You can help the DAAO by submitting a biography. Writers: Staff Writer Date written: 1999 Last updated: 2011
Born
b. 1859
Summary
John Watt Beattie was a collector and photographer in turn-of-the-century Tasmania. Three years before his death in 1930, Launceston City Council purchased his collection of prints, paintings and drawings of Tasmania.
Gender
Male
Died
1930
Age at death
71