Photography in Australia

The first photograph taken in Australia, a view of Bridge Street (now lost) is believed to have been taken by a visiting naval captain, Captain Augustin Lucas (1804-1854) in 1841, as indicated by a note published in the "Australasian Chronicle" for 13 April of that year. Lucas arrived in Sydney aboard the "Justine", captained by his younger brother Francois Lucas.cite web | last = Marshall | first = Peter | authorlink = | coauthors = | year = 2006 | url = http://photography.about.com/od/australasia/a/a060404.htm | title = The first photograph | format =
work = Early Photography in Australia | publisher = About.com (part of The New York Times) | accessdate = 2006-12-13]

The earliest known surviving photograph taken in Australia, is believed to be a daguerreotype portrait of Dr William Bland by George Baron Goodman. [cite web | year = 2001 | url = http://www.nla.gov.au/worldtreasures/html/theme-science-2-william_bland.html | title = Daguerreotype Portrait of Dr William Bland c.1845 | work = Treasures from the World's Great Libraries | publisher = National Library of Australia | accessdate = 2006-12-18] This portrait is likely to be the one mentioned in the "Sydney Morning Herald", 14 January 1845. [cite web | year = | url = http://libapp.sl.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/spydus/ENQ/PM/FULL1?6488 | title = William Bland - full record| work = PICMAN database | publisher = State Library of New South Wales | accessdate = 2006-12-18]

External links

* [http://www.photo-web.com.au/shadesoflight Shades of Light (Australian Photography 1839 - 1988)] the online version of the original Shades of Light published 1998, Gael Newton, National Gallery of Australia.
* [http://www.nga.gov.au/photography/ National Gallery of Australia Photography]

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