Didier Numa Joubert b. 1816

  • Artist (Photographer)
Colonial-era amateur photographer, merchant and property developer who reportedly produced the first recorded photograph taken on Australian soil. After immigrating to Sydney from France, Joubert lived the remainder of his life in Sydney and was the first mayor of Hunter's Hill.

Citations

  • Rutledge, M. (1972), 'Jules Francois de Sales Joubert’, Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol 4, ed. D. Pike, A. Shaw, M. Clark, B. Nairn, G. Serle and R. Ward, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, Victoria.

  • Gibbney, H.J. and Smith, A.G. (1987), 'A Biographical Register 1788-1939’, Canberra, ACT.

  • Newton, G. (1988), 'Shades of Light’, Canberra, ACT.

  • Saunders, D. et al. (1977), 'Old Buildings of Hunter’s Hill’, Sydney, New South Wales, (rev. edn).

  • (1841), Australasian Chronicle, 04-13.

  • (1841), Australian, 05-15.

  • (1843), Sydney Morning Herald, 03-22.

  • (1847), Sydney Morning Herald, 04-30.

  • Information sourced from Lennon, J.

Initial data sources

  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870