William Beattie (photographer)

William Beattie
Born1864
Aberdeen, Scotland
Died (aged 67)
Auckland, New Zealand
OccupationPhotographer
Years active
SpouseEvelyn Isobel Green
ChildrenBill Beattie (son)

William Beattie (1864 – 15 March 1931) was a New Zealand photographer.[1] He was best known for his work for the Auckland Weekly News.[2]

Beattie originally emigrated from Scotland to Tasmania, Australia with his brother.[3] Both were photographers and subsequently found there was not enough trade in Hobart. In 1894, William moved to Auckland.[4] He photographed for the Auckland Weekly News for sixteen years.[4] Beattie managed to capture the wreckage of the Elingamite in the Three Kings in 1902.[3] He also photographed the funeral of Sir John Logan Campbell in 1912.[3]

After he retired from the Auckland Weekly News, Beattie remained a commercial photographer, setting up a shop in Shortland Street, Auckland.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Beattie, William, 1864-1931". Beattie, William, 1864-1931 | Items | National Library of New Zealand | National Library of New Zealand. 1 January 1864. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
  2. ^ Giles, Keith (January 2015). "Britt & Heatley: official photographers at the 1898/99 Auckland Industrial and Mining Exhibition". NZ Legacy.
  3. ^ a b c Beattie, Bill (1970). Bill Beattie's New Zealand. Auckland: Hodder and Stoughton Ltd.
  4. ^ a b c "Collapse in Church". New Zealand Herald. 16 March 1931.

External sources

Works of Beattie are currently held in the collection of Auckland War Memorial Museum