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Historical Photographs: Volume 1: JW Beattie, CA Woolley, HA Frith, Bishop FR Nixon, Bishop HH Montgomery, Rev. J Fereday

Archive Collections / Dr Joseph Benjamin Birdsell / Series AA689/04 / Historical Photographs: Volume 1: JW Beattie, CA Woolley, HA Frith, Bishop FR Nixon, Bishop HH Montgomery, Rev. J Fereday

These photographs are from the studio of JW Beattie (see AA 25). They bear the stamp of 'Beattie's Copyright Photograph Hobart' but are mostly reprints from other photographers including CA Woolley (see AA 380), HA Frith, Bishop FR Nixon, Bishop HH Montgomery, Rev. J Fereday and possibly others.

  1. Receipt for purchase of photographs from the Studio of JW Beattie. Dated 14 February 1939.

  2. Photograph of William Lanney, Patty, Bessie Clarke and Trucannini, Town Hall, Hobart, Tasmania. 25 November 1864.
    Photographed by HA Frith. Reprint by JW Beattie. B&W print, 12.5x9.2cm.

  3. Portrait of Philip Thomas and his sister Nance Mansell.
    Photographer Unknown. Reprint by JW Beattie. B&W print, 12x8.5cm.

  4. Group Portrait [from left to right] of Philip Thomas [?], John Smith or Henry Beaton, Jane Everett (nee Beaton), Nance Mansell (nee Thomas) and John Maynard [?]. Cape Barren, Island, Tasmania. 1892.
    Photographed by Bishop HH Montgomery. Reprint by JW Beattie. B&W print, 9.8x11.5 cm.

  5. Portrait of Mary Anne and Walter George Arthur. Oyster Cove, Tasmania.
    Photographed by Bishop FR Nixon. Reprint by JW Beattie. B&W print, 9.5x11.5cm.

  6. Group portrait of Australian Aboriginal people, [Wapperty, Bessy Clarke, Maryann] Oyster Cove, Tasmania, 1858.
    Photographed by Bishop FR Nixon. Reprint by JW Beattie. B&W print, 9.0x12.0cm.

  7. 'Aboriginals Oyster Cove, "The Last of The Race" Tippo, Truganini, Wapperty, Flora, Caroline, Sofia, Emma, Patty. 910A. Beattie Tasmania' Oyster Cove, Tasmania, 1858.
    Photographed by Bishop FR Nixon. Reprint by JW Beattie. B&W print, 9.0x 10.6cm.

  8. Group portrait of Australian Aboriginal people, Unidentified woman, Tippo and Wapperty, Oyster Cove, Tasmania, 1858.
    Photographed by Bishop FR Nixon. Reprint by JW Beattie. B&W print, 9.4x12.3cm.

  9. 'The Last of the Tasmanian Aboriginal - From a photograph taken at Oyster Cove, by Bishop Nixon 18[58]'.
    Photographed by Bishop FR Nixon. Reprint by JW Beattie. B&W print, 19.6x14.2cm.

  10. Group portrait of five Australian Aboriginal people, Oyster Cove, Tasmania, 1858.
    Photographed by Bishop FR Nixon. Reprint by JW Beattie. B&W print, 9.7x12.2cm.

  11. Duplicate of AA 689/4/3/1/90

  12. Portrait of Flora, Oyster Cove, Tasmania, 1858.
    Photographed by Bishop FR Nixon. Reprint by JW Beattie. B&W print, 9.8x12.1cm.

  13. Portrait of Flora and Tippo, Oyster Cove, Tasmania, 1858.
    Photographed by Bishop Nixon. Reprint by JW Beattie. B&W print, 9.8x12.1cm.

  14. Portrait of Sarah Beeton, from the Furneaux Islands.
    Annotation on reverse 'Lucy Beadon' Photographed by Rev. J Fereday c1860. B&W print, 9.6x12.1cm.

  15. Portrait of Tippo.
    Photographer Unknown. Print from JW Beattie. B&W print, 9.6x12.1cm.

  16. Portrait of Truganini, of the Bruny Island people.
    Photographed by CA Woolley. Print from JW Beattie. B&W print, 9.8x14.8cm.

  17. Portrait of Truganini, of the Bruny Island people.
    Photographed by CA Woolley. Print from JW Beattie. B&W print, 9.8x14.8cm.

  18. Portrait of Truganini, of the Bruny Island people.
    Photographed by CA Woolley. Print from JW Beattie. B&W print, 9.8x14.8cm.

  19. Portrait of Truganini, of the Bruny Island people.
    Enlargement of AA 689/4/3/1/96. Photographed by CA Woolley. Print from JW Beattie. B&W print, 20.0x25.3cm.

  20. Portrait of Truganini, of the Bruny Island people.
    Enlargement of AA 689/4/3/1/97. Photographed by CA Woolley. Print from JW Beattie. B&W print, 20.0x25.3cm.

  21. Portrait of Truganini, of the Bruny Island people.
    Enlargement of AA 689/4/3/1/98. Photographed by CA Woolley. Print from JW Beattie. B&W print, 20.0x25.3cm.

  22. Portrait of Patty, of the Kangaroo Point people.
    Photographed by CA Woolley. Print from JW Beattie. B&W print, 9.0x12.2cm.

  23. Portrait of Patty, of the Kangaroo Point people.
    Photographed by CA Woolley. Print from JW Beattie. B&W print, 8.8x 14.5cm.

  24. Portrait of Patty, of the Kangaroo Point people.
    Photographed by CA Woolley. Print from JW Beattie. B&W print, 9.2x14.0cm.

  25. Portrait of Patty, of the Kangaroo Point people.
    Photographed by CA Woolley. Print from JW Beattie. B&W print, 9.5x15.3 cm.

  26. Portrait of Patty, of the Kangaroo Point people.
    Enlargement of AA 689/4/3/1/102. Photographed by CA Woolley. Print from JW Beattie. B&W print, 20.0x25.3cm.

  27. Portrait of Patty, of the Kangaroo Point people.
    Enlargement of AA 689/4/3/1/104. Photographed by CA Woolley. Print from JW Beattie. B&W print, 20.0x25.3cm.

  28. Portrait of Patty, of the Kangaroo Point people.
    Enlargement of AA 689/4/3/1/105. Photographed by CA Woolley. Print from JW Beattie. B&W print, 20.0x25.3cm.

  29. Portrait of 'Betsy [Bessie] Clark' of the Macquarie Harbour people.
    Photographed by CA Woolley. Print from JW Beattie. B&W print. 9.7x14.2cm.

  30. Portrait of 'Betsy [Bessie] Clark' of the Macquarie Harbour people.
    Photographed by CA Woolley. Print from JW Beattie. B&W print. 9.7x14.2cm.

  31. Portrait of 'Betsy [Bessie] Clark' of the Macquarie Harbour people.
    Photographed by CA Woolley. Print from JW Beattie. B&W print. 9.7x14.2cm.

  32. Portrait of 'Betsy [Bessie] Clark' of the Macquarie Harbour people.
    Enlargement of AA 689/4/3/1/109. Photographed by CA Woolley. Print from JW Beattie. B&W print. 20.0x25.3cm.

  33. Portrait of 'Betsy [Bessie] Clark' of the Macquarie Harbour people.
    Enlargement of AA 689/4/3/1/110. Photographed by CA Woolley. Print from JW Beattie. B&W print. 20.0x25.3cm.

  34. Portrait of 'Betsy [Bessie] Clark' of the Macquarie Harbour people.
    Enlargement of AA 689/4/3/1/111. Photographed by CA Woolley. Print from JW Beattie. B&W print. 20.0x25.3cm.

  35. Portrait of Wapperty [or Wonoteah], of the Ben Lomond people.
    Photographed by CA Woolley. Print from JW Beattie. B&W print. 9.7x14.2cm.

  36. Portrait of Wapperty [or Wonoteah], of the Ben Lomond people.
    Photographed by CA Woolley. Print from JW Beattie. B&W print. 9.7x14.2cm.

  37. Portrait of Wapperty [or Wonoteah], of the Ben Lomond people.
    Photographed by CA Woolley. Print from JW Beattie. B&W print. 9.7x14.2cm.

  38. Portrait of Wapperty [or Wonoteah], of the Ben Lomond people.
    Photographed by CA Woolley. Print from JW Beattie. B&W print. 20.0x25.3cm.

  39. Portrait of Wapperty [or Wonoteah], of the Ben Lomond people.
    Photographed by CA Woolley. Print from JW Beattie. B&W print. 20.0x25.3cm.

  40. Portrait of Wapperty [or Wonoteah], of the Ben Lomond people.
    Photographed by CA Woolley. Print from JW Beattie. B&W print. 20.0x25.3cm.

  41. Portrait of William Lanney, Coal River people.
    Photographed by CA Woolley, c1866. Print from JW Beattie. B&W print. 8.9x14.2cm.

  42. Portrait of William Lanney, Coal River people.
    Photographed by CA Woolley, c1866. Print from JW Beattie. B&W print. 10x15.0cm.

  43. Portrait of William Lanney, Coal River people.
    Photographed by CA Woolley, c1866. Print from JW Beattie. B&W print. 10.0x15.5cm.

  44. Portrait of William Lanney, Coal River people.
    Photographed by CA Woolley, c1866. Print from JW Beattie. B&W print. 15.0x20.5cm.

  45. Portrait of William Lanney, Coal River people.
    Photographed by CA Woolley, c1866. Print from JW Beattie. B&W print. 20.5x25.4cm.

  46. Portrait of William Lanney, Coal River people.
    Photographed by CA Woolley, c1866. Print from JW Beattie. B&W print. 15.9x20.1cm.

  47. Portrait of William Lanney, Coal River people.
    Printed alongside an A Atkinson print, Northern Queensland. See (AA 689/4/3/1/24)
    Photographed by CA Woolley, c1866. Print from JW Beattie. B&W print. 21x15.6cm.

  48. Portrait of William Lanney, Coal River people.
    Photographed by CA Woolley, c1866. Print from JW Beattie. B&W print. 20.5x25.4cm.

  49. Portrait of William Lanney, Coal River people.
    Photographed by CA Woolley, c1866. Print from JW Beattie. B&W print. 20.5x25.4cm.

  50. Portrait of William Lanney, Coal River people.
    Photographed by CA Woolley, c1866. Print from JW Beattie. B&W print. 20.5x25.4cm.

  51. 'Tasmanian Hybrid in Victoria' George and Harry Briggs, Mt Cole Station, Victoria.
    B&W print. 9.5x14.0cm. See: NB Tindale Journal, AA 338/1/12/1, p.82.

Creator: Dr Joseph Benjamin Birdsell
Control: AA 689/4/3/1/81-131
Date Range:  1858  -  1866
Quantity:    70   B&W photographic prints, various sizes
Series:  AA689/04