Arthur Richard Hamilton b.

  • Artist (Photographer)
Professional photographer and surveyor, Arthur Hamilton emigrated from England to Adelaide on board the ‘Eliza’. He took the earliest known photographs of the Northern Territory while employed as a surveyor to Colonel Boyd Travers Finniss's ill-fated Adam Bay expedition in 1864. He and six others abandoned the settlement in May 1865.
Name
Arthur Richard Hamilton
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Photographer)
Other Occupation
  • Surveyor (ANZSIC code: 6922)
Birth date
Birth place
England, UK
Active Period
  • 1864 - 1865
Arrival
  • 1853 (In Adelaide on board the 'Eliza'.)
Residence
  • Northern Territory
  • England, UK
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870
  • Photohistory of SA, Art Gallery of South Australia