Herbert Deveril

Albert Edwin Ekins (9 May 1840 - 24 August 1911), known as Herbert Deveril, was a photographer in Australia and New Zealand.

[1][2][3][4] Albert Edwin Ekins was born on 9 May 1840 in Ware, Hertfordshire, England, the son of George and Elizabeth.

[6] He took photographs of sights in New Zealand for the Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition, the first official World's Fair in 1876.

[7][8] Deveril lived in Auckland until 1891, moving to South Africa, where he invested in ostrich farming.

Deveril died 24 August 1911 in Townsville and is buried in the town's Belgian cemetery.

Gold rush era image of Gabriel's Gully , circa 1875
Maori woman on the porch of a wharepuni , 1875