[Home] About Janus Participating Institutions Browse and Search What's New Feedback Useful Links Research Tools
RCS contains:
<-- See earlier
Y3087D Photographs of Victoria
Y3087E Victorian railways
Y3087F Bendigo gold production
Y3087G The Public Library of Victoria
Y3087H Three photographs of Walhalla, Victoria
Y3087I Barnes family photographs
Y3087J Souvenir of New South Wales Court, Centennial International Exhibition, Melbourne
Y3087K Pictures in the National Gallery, Melbourne
Y3087L Victorian scenery
Y3087M A short history and description of the Parliament House, Melbourne
Y3088A Stereoscopic views in Tasmania
See later -->
Search Janus
Advanced search
Browse catalogues or indexes

More information

Please feel free to contact the repository.

Barnes family photographs

Title Barnes family photographs
Reference GBR/0115/Y3087I
Creator Various
Covering Dates circa 1872-circa 1896
Extent and Medium 81 images
Repository Cambridge University Library: Royal Commonwealth Society Library
Content and context

A collection of photographs of family and friends of Thomas William Barnes, an Irishman who emigrated to Australia probably around 1876. The collection consists of:

(a) 11 photographs framed behind celluloid and showing scenes in the outback.

(b) 55 small (approximately 57 x 90 mm) carte-de-viste portraits taken by various commercial firms in Melbourne, Adelaide and Sydney.

(c) 15 large (approximately 100 x 137 mm) carte-de-visite portraits by various Australian commercial photographers.

Nothing is known of T W Barnes beyond his place of birth - Waterford, and his date of birth - 11th December 1838 (an affidavit confirming this, signed by the Registering Officer for the Society of Friends in Waterford, is included in the collection). It would seem likely he went to Australia around 1876, as this is the date of the affidavit and it would seem likely that it was needed either as an immigration formality or to establish his bona fides at some stage after his arrival in Australia. No clue is given as to his profession. A few of the pictures are identified on the reverse, but most remain anonymous apart from a batch of sixteen small cartes-de-visite portraits (numbers 51-66) which are identified as photographs of the Blood family.

A list of commercial photographers represented in Y3087I:

Belfast

E T Church, 55 Donegall Place, Belfast. Y3087I/12.

Majorca

L Lange and Son, Talbot Street, Majorca, Victoria, Y3087I/1, 2, 13.

Adelaide

Adelaide Photographic Company, Neales Buildings, King William Street, Adelaide. Y3087I/42, 43.

Duryea, Townsend, 66 King William Street, Adelaide. Y3087I/39-41, 54.

Hammer and Co, 6 Rundle Street, Adelaide. Y3087I/68, 69.

Nixon and Manning, 66 and 68 King William Street, Adelaide. Y3087I/44, 45, 56, 63, 70.

S Solomon, 51 Rundle Street, Adelaide. Y3087I/35-38, 64, 65, 66.

Melbourne

Bardwell, 21 Collins Street, Melbourne. Y3087I/75.

Batchelder and Co, 41 Collins Street East, Melbourne, Y3087I/22-26.

J Botterill, Beehive Chambers, Elizabeth Street, Melbourne, Y3087I/32, 33.

Foster and Martin, 55 and 57 Collins Street East, Melbourne, Y3087I/27-9, 72.

Johnstone and O'Shannessy, 3 Bourke Street, Melbourne. Y3087I/14-21.

Stewart and Co, 217 Bourke Street East, Melbourne. Y3087I/30,31.

Tuttle and Co, 84 Elizabeth Street, Melbourne. Y3087I/34,71.

Sydney

Mr and Mrs Oswald Allen, 360 George Street, Sydney. Y3087I/46.

Boyd's San Fransisco Palace of Art, 250 and 252 George Street, Sydney. Y3087I/47.

Creelman and Co, Burlington Gardens, Corner of King-George Streets, Sydney. Y3087I/48.

J Hubert Newman, 12 Oxford Street, Hyde Park, Sydney. Y3087I/49.

Miscellaneous

Wm B Latimer, 145 Smith Street, Fitzroy. Y3087I/73, 74.

Patterson and Co, Argent Street, Broken Hill. Y3087I/67.

Philip Rodgers, Address unknown. Y3087I/76, 77.

Spike and Kerton, Address unknown. Y3087I/50.

Stevens and Co, Wilcannia and Silverton. Y3087I/81.

H T Stevens, Address unknown. Y3087I/78, 79.

Access and Use

Please cite as Cambridge University Library: Royal Commonwealth Society Library, Barnes family photographs, Y3087I

Further information

Indexed

This collection level description was entered by WS using information from the original typescript catalogue.

This collection is available on microfiche: Australasia, fiche numbers 72-73.

Index Terms
Australia
Europe
Oceania
Spain
No further on-line information.

This site uses Google Analytics Cookies. By using our website you agree that we can place these cookies on your device.

The webmaster.

Valid XHTML 1.0!Valid CSS!