Person
Bayliss, Charles (1850 - 1897)
- Born
- 1850
Hadleigh, Suffolk, England - Died
- 4 June 1897
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Occupation
- Photographer
Summary
Charles Bayliss was a leading figure in Australia's photographic heritage. His photographs, including his arboreal portraits of majestic eucalypts, provide a unique insight into late nineteenth century Australia, both its landscape and its inhabitants.
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Chronology
- 1854
- Life event - Arrives in Melbourne
- 1866 - 1873
- Career position - Photographer with the American and Australasian Photographic Company, working with Beaufoy Merlin
- 1873 - 1877
- Career event - Produced the Holterman Exposition images - the largest wet-glass panorama
- 1878 - 1897
- Career position - Worked as an independent landscape photographer
Published resources
Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Exhibitions
- McCarthy, Gavan; Smith, Ailie; Moje, Christine; Rigby, Rebecca, The Study of Australian Eucalypts, eScholarship Research Centre, 2013, http://www.eoas.info/eucalypts/index.html. Details
Books
- Wrigley, J.; and Fagg, M., Eucalypts: a Celebration (Crows Nest Australia: Allen & Unwin, 2010), 344 pp. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q17150473. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/45987025. Details
- 'Bayliss, Charles (1850-18971231)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-562804. Details
Christine Moje
Created: 4 June 2012, Last modified: 18 March 2013
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