Charles Tonkin

Also known as A. J. C. Tonkin
  • Artist (Photographer)
Professional photographer, was working in Alma Street, Rockhampton, Queensland, at the beginning of 1870. When John Ness died at the end of 1870, Tonkin purchased his negatives and moved into Ness's East Street studio but did not last long.

Citations

  • Barrie, S. (1988), 'Queenslanders behind the Camera 3’, Morningside, Queensland, Australia.

  • (29 May 1875), Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper 40/1026 (cited W.S. Johnson, Nineteenth-Century Photography: An Annotated Bibliography 1839-1879, Boston (Mass.) 1990).

  • Johnson, W.S. (1990), 'Nineteenth-Century Photography: An Annotated Bibliography 1839-1879’, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

Initial data sources

  • DAA with additions