Name: From Prague to Australia: the lost photographs of Jiří Viktor Daneš, Czechoslovakia’s first consul down under
Uploaded: 2026-01-09T10:28:21+00:00
Channel: Martin Hladík
Description: Jiří Viktor Daneš is a name many Czechs may not recognize today. He was a geographer, explorer, and diplomat who set out for Australia in 1920 as Czechoslovakia’s very first consul on the continent. During his travels across Australia, and later through the Pacific, Japan, and Canada, he took thousands of photographs—capturing landscapes, people, and

Photo: Hana Řeháková, Radio Prague International

Jiří Viktor Daneš is a name many Czechs may not recognize today. He was a geographer, explorer, and diplomat who set out for Australia in 1920 as Czechoslovakia’s very first consul on the continent. During his travels across Australia, and later through the Pacific, Japan, and Canada, he took thousands of photographs—capturing landscapes, people, and everyday life along the way.

To start off, who exactly was Jiří Viktor Daneš?.

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Author: Ruth Fraňková