Arthur Alexander Walton Onslow b. 1833

  • Artist (Photographer),
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
During his lifetime Onslow was best known as a politician, holding the seat of Camden for 12 years, but he was also an enthusiastic photographer. Onslow is thought to have taken the first photographs of King George Sound in Western Australia in 1858.

Citations

  • 'NSW Death Records : 6566/1882’.

  • Nairn, B. (1966), 'Arthur Alexander Walton Onslow’, Australian Dictionary of Biography, Pike, D., Shaw, A., Clark, M., Nairn, B., Serle, G., and Ward, R., eds, Volume 5, Melbourne, Vic.

  • Connolly, C. (1983), 'Biographical Register of the New South Wales Parliament 1856-1901’, Canberra, ACT.

  • Newton, G. (1988), 'Shades of Light’, Canberra, ACT.

  • Davies, A. (1985), 'Fixed in Time’, Catalogue, Mitchell Library, Sydney, NSW.

  • (23 December 1857), 'Macarthur Papers – Album of Photographs 1857-1879’, (ML PXA 4358-1) Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW.

  • Onslow, Arthur (Captain), 'Journal 23 December 1857- 11 August 1861, on HMS Herald’, ML MSS A4335/ Item 1.

Initial data sources

  • DAA with additions