Paul Heinrich Matthias Foelsche

Place: Moorburg

Born: 1831

Death: 1914

Biography:

Paul Heinrich Matthias Foelsche was born on March 30th 1831 in Moorburg, near Hamburg, Germany. He enlisted in a German Hussar Regiment at the age of eighteen. He later moved to South Australia and became a police officer and photographer. He is remembered for his work in the Northern Territory of Australia from 1870 to 1904. He died on January 31st 1914 in Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.