Ernest Brougham Docker b. 1839

  • Artist (Photographer)
Photographer, lawyer and Supreme Court Judge, Docker's articles on photography were published widely. He also developed an original method of dry-plate photography and of mounting stereographs, which was his speciality. He did much to support people's access to the art, including helping to establish the Amateur Photographic Society of New South Wales.

Citations

  • Davies, A. and Stanbury, P. (1985), 'The Mechanical Eye in Australia: Photography 1841-1900’, Melbourne, Vic.

  • Cato, J. (1955), 'The Story of the Camera in Australia’, Melbourne, Vic.

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

  • C. Tanre et al. (1977), 'The Mechanical Eye’, Sydney, NSW.

  • (1973), British Journal of Photography, November.

  • (1872), Sydney Mail, 07-27.

  • Docker, E.B., 'Reminiscences’, Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney: manuscript.

  • Information sourced from Lennon, J.

Initial data sources

  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870