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Photographer:   Maxwell Jefferies

Residence:   Perth, Western Australia.  W.A. covers about one-third of Australia, being the largest of the eight states and territories. It has a population of only 1.8 million people spread over 2.5 million sq. km, so there is plenty of room to 'get away from it all' and enjoy God's creation.

Profile:   I have been taking photographs of Australia for over 40 years, having travelled extensively around and through this wide, colourful and diverse island continent.  From deserts to the snowfields, from the beaches to the outback, from the cities to the rainforests, Australia has it all in just one country - no passport required.  This website is my hobby, and as such is an ongoing project of adding and perfecting.  I am currently working on adding a few more galleries and photos to Spiritland.net, plus comments to existing albums. One of the main aims of this website is to promote Australia (the Great South Land) to the world, its God-created natural beauty and Christian heritage.

 What happened to the maxEphotos.net website name?

Image Value & Copyright:   The value of an image is not just in paper and ink costs, but rather in the time, effort, vehicles and fuel costs to get to locations in a BIG country; photographic equipment and computers, software and websites; and paper and inks; plus something for expertise and intellectual rights.  A fair go - the Aussie credo!  All photos were taken and are copyrighted by Max Jefferies unless otherwise indicated. Please only use images for private or non-commercial purposes. Contact Max Jefferies with all commercial use requests at Max@spiritland.net (please copy into email).

  Built with FrontPage.  This is a non-commercial website - all advertising is in free support of the organisation linked, and does not indicate any association thereby. Only indicated photos enlarge.  * All photos are copyrighted - see details on gallery pages.  Site created 14th February 2005 by Max Jefferies. 

Site last worked - SEPTEMBER 2011. 

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About Max

Not sure why you would want to see a picture of me - but anyway, you got it. That's me on the left - Ann, my first wife and lover on the right.

I was born (1951) and bred in the great state of Western Australia, a long way from the rest of the world. My birthplace was Bassendean, a small suburb of Perth, which is also where Rolf Harris comes from (maybe I shouldn't have mentioned that). I attended Ashfield Primary School, but only lasted a year and a bit at Cyril Jackson High School.

My family was very outdoorsy, so I got to see lots of great places and at age 16, received my first camera - a Kodak fixed lens 35mm. I started into transparencies from that time and now have boxes of the things that never see the light of day, though I have been picking out the best, scanning and printing them for the family album. I have made up an album of the many cars, 4x4s and other vehicles I have owned over the years. I bought my first SLR, a small Pentax something with fixed lens, at 18 years of age and later had a Ricoh with screw-on lens. The last film camera was a Pentax MZ50 - then I went digital. See more info on my current camera gear here.

I married the girl next door in 1973, after being the best of friends for 8 years, and have been together ever since. We have two sons, one is with the Australian Army where he has the rank of Captain, serving in Darwin, Northern Territory, and is married with five children. Our younger son is a welder up north in Karratha, in the Pilbara Region of Western Australia.

I have always loved good photography and regret not pursuing it as a career, or at least as a more dedicated amateur, though that is being fulfilled more of late with the shift into digital. Having good equipment is half the battle, and I am fortunate that this has been achieved, allowing me to concentrate more on the content side of my hobby. I also do a few other websites: IHS-WA.net is a site for the Christian Brethren churches in Western Australia, and lynwoodchristianchurch.org.au which is our home church at Lynwood Christian Church.  

I hope you enjoy my photos - there will be lots more to come, but please, do not use any of my images for commercial purposes without written permission. You can add a comment, picture and link to my Guest Book here - please do.

Cheers,  Max.

Dad & Mum Jefferies

ANN'S PHOTO ALBUM

MAX'S VEHICLES ETc.

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