Agency:
Frank Styant Browne
Agency Number:
Start Date:
10 Jul 1854
End Date:
17 Apr 1938
Description:
Frank Styant Browne was born at Norwich, England, on 10 July 1854, a son of George Browne and Ann Styant. He studied chemistry and art before marrying Emma Ann Elmes in June 1882. They arrived in Tasmania in November 1882. In 1883 Browne established a Homeopathic Pharmacy in Hobart and then Launceston. He was instrumental in the formation of the Northern Tasmanian Camera Club in 1889. He was a member of the Launceston Improvement Association, the Northern Tasmanian Tourist Association and the Launceston Art Society. Frank and Ann had six sons and one daughter. He died on 17 April 1938.
Information Sources:
Chris Long, 'Tasmanian Photographers 1840-1940', pp.22-24. Paul A C Richards, Barbara Valentine & Peter Richardson, 'Voyages in a caravan: The illustrated logs of Frank Styant Browne', pp. 12-14.
Functions Performed:
Family archives
Series Created By Agency:
| LMSS545 The Ferro-Prussiate or Iron Process for Printing Photographs | 11 Oct 1889 | 11 Oct 1889 |
| LPIC92 Copy Negatives and Prints of Log of a Voyage in a Caravan & a Trip to the Westward in a Caravan (Copies from Original Photograph Albums) | 01 Jan 1896 | 31 Dec 1899 |
| LMSS361 Copy of Log of a Voyage in a Caravan | 01 Dec 1896 | 31 Dec 1896 |
| LMSS360 Copy of a Trip to the Westward in a Caravan by 'the Bishop' and 'the Laird' | 01 Mar 1899 | 31 Mar 1899 |