H. Power Le Poer Bookey b. 1822

  • Artist (Photographer),
  • Artist (Painter)
H. Power Le Poer Bookey was an accomplished amateur photographer and gumleaf painter and a respected police officer. Bookey's noted interest in spiritualism was undoubtedly encouraged by the premature deaths of both his first and second wives.

Citations

  • '(Tombstone inscription)’.

  • 'Probate and Death indexes’.

  • 'Police Historical Unit’, Melbourne, Vic.

Initial data sources

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