 He was the author of the first history of Australian photography; "The Story of the Camera in Australia" (1955)

John Cyril (Jack) Cato (1889–1971), photographer, was born on 4 April 1889 at Launceston, Tasmania, son of Albert Cox Cato, salesman, and his wife Caroline Louise, née Morgan.At the age of 12 years he did an apprenticeship, and studied arts in night school.His father arranged for him to have lessons from a friend who was a metallurgist at Queenstown, where he learnt the properties of metals in photography.