Francis W. Niven
From Ballarat and District Industrial Heritage Project
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History
Francis Wilson Niven, of F. W. Niven & Co. was a mining and commercial stationer, engraver, lithographer and general printer situated at 9 Lydiard Street, Ballarat.
Around 1862 Niven apprenticed himself to the Ballarat lithographer Herman Deutsch. Niven purchased the business from Deutsch in 1863, and subsequently published numerous views of gold claims and their underground workings. [1]
Niven was a member of the Old Colonists' Association.[2]
Legacy
See also
Ballarat Amateur Photographic Association
Notes
References
- ↑ http://www.daao.org.au/bio/francis-wilson-niven/biography/
- ↑ Ballarat Star, 3 Mar 1890.
Further Reading
External links
http://www.daao.org.au/bio/francis-wilson-niven/biography/
--C.K.Gervasoni 09:38, 22 November 2012 (EST)
