Thomas John McMahon

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Thomas John McMahon
Born1864 Edit this on Wikidata
Died1933 Edit this on Wikidata (aged 68–69)
Photograph depicting Nauruan taken by TJ Mc Mahon around 1916-17.

Thomas John McMahon FRGS (1864 – 1933) was an Australian photojournalist and writer. From 1915 to 1922 he made several trips to Melanesia and Micronesia.

His photographic reports depicting the Pacific Islanders gained a widespread audience. Thousands were published worldwide in newspapers, magazines, books, serial encyclopedias and postcards. McMahon contributed to create a popular and visual knowledge of the Pacific. His work answered a demand in Australia, and the Western World, for visual information on the life in the Pacific Islands, the local's physical appearance and customs and whether economic opportunities existed for settlers or investors.