James Machan

Also known as James Machin
  • Artist (Photographer)
Colonial male photographer who also worked in drapery and lived mainly in South Australia.
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professional photographer and draper, was listed as a photographer of Hindley Street, Adelaide, in 1867-68, and of Sturt Street in 1872. In the interval he was at Port Elliott, South Australia (1869-70). At different times Machan seems to have been in partnership with his brother and with Robert S. Stacy ; he also had a drapery store. James Machan’s date of arrival at South Australia is unknown, but it was some time before 9 September 1862 when he married Ellen Colville, his second wife, in Adelaide.

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Date written:
1992
Last updated:
2011

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References [<ExternalResource: Davies, Alan & Stanbury, Peter (1985), 'The Mechanical Eye in Australia: Photography 1841-1900', Melbourne, Victoria: Oxford University Press.>, <ExternalResource: Statton, J. (1986), 'Biographical Index of South Australians 1836-1885', Adelaide, South Australia.>]