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Australian Prints + Printmaking

James Walker Bain

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Name

James Walker Bain

Culture

Aotearoa New Zealander | Scottish

Gender

Male

Birth date

about 1841

Birth place

Edinburgh, Scotland View on map Close map

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Death date

1899

Death Place

Aotearoa New Zealand View on map Close map

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Movements

Aotearoa New Zealand from about 1861

Occupations

Paper maker

Summary

Worked: Scotland, Aotearoa New Zealand

Context

Aotearoa New Zealand

Biography

In the mid-1860s James Bain became interested in using local plants for paper making. On the 25 February 1875 the Mataura Paper Mill Company was formed and the Mataura Paper Mill established.