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| View Original: | StateLibQld 1 69059 Jens Hansen Lundager wearing his official Freemason's outfit, Mt. Morgan, ca. 1884.jpg (752x1000) | |||
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| Keywords: StateLibQld 1 69059 Jens Hansen Lundager wearing his official Freemason's outfit, Mt. Morgan, ca. 1884.jpg en Jens Hansen Lundager wearing his official Freemason's outfit Mt Morgan ca 1884 Jens Hansen Lundager born Jens Larsen Hansen was born 4 May 1853 in Denmark His parents were Hans Jensen and Else AndersDatte and he grew up in the city of Bogense He last lived in the city of Fredericia where he had a photographic business under the name Jens Larsen Hansen Lundager was the village his mother Elser Andersdatter Jensen family came from he took that name after he arrived in Australia He came to Australia to combat symptoms of TB and arrived on board the Charles Dickens from Hamburg to Rockhampton on 26 February 1879 He took over the studio of of French photographer Louis Buderus He married fellow Dane Mathilde Helene Biltoft in Rockhampton on 12 April 1882 and together they raised a large family He was naturalised in Rockhampton in 1883 and around 1884 he began travelling regularly from Rockhampton to Mt Morgan to make portrait studies of the miners and their families When his Rockhampton studio was burnt out around 1892 Lundager settled permanently with his family in Mt Morgan From 1892 until 1920 he was an important member of that community He became a bookseller journalist Mayor Trustee of the Technical College Treasurer of the School of Arts and proprietor of the Argus newspaper He also became a Freemason in 1884 He died 7 March 1930 in his home in Chatswood Sydney NSW and was buried at the Methodist Cemetery North Sydney circa 1884 handle 10462/deriv/84111 Item is held by John Oxley Library State Library of Queensland Contributor s Robertson Studio PD-Australia StateLibQld-License Portraits of Queensland Photographers from Australia Businesspeople from Australia People of Mount Morgan Black and white photographs | ||||
