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Australian Dictionary of Biography, viewed 22 September 2016 (John Watt Beattie (1859-1930), photographer and antiquarian, was born on 15 August 1859 at Aberdeen, Scotland... he migrated with his parents and brother in 1878, and struggled to clear a farm in the Derwent Valley, Tasmania... From 1879 he made many photographic expeditions into the bush, becoming a full-time professional in 1882 in partnership with Anson Bros whom he bought out in 1891.) http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/beattie-john-watt-5171
Differs from LCNA form 1/17 (Beattie, John Watt)
Australian Dictionary of Biography WWW site 23 July, 2013 Photographer and antiquarian; born in Scotland 1859; migrated to Tasmania with his parents 1878; full-time photographer mainly in Hobart, from 1882; in 1906 travelled to the Western Pacific and Norfolk Island; died suddenly in Hobart 1930 http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/beattie-john-watt-5171