Oswald Thomas Madeley b. c.1832

Also known as John Wadeley, Oswald Thomas Madeley
  • Artist (Photographer)
Colonial male police photographer and watchmaker who took the infamous photographs of the Kelly gang captured, including images of the charred remains of several of the bushrangers. He marketed a set of 19 photographs reenacting the Kelly saga some of which were also sold by Arthur W Burman, Melbourne and James R Bray of Beechworth.

Citations

  • '(Victorian Death Index 1896-1913)’.

  • Bonyhady, T. (2002), 'Burke and Wills – From Melbourne to Myth’, Catalogue, National Library of Australia, Canberra, ACT, page 34.

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

  • Colligan, Mimi (2002), 'Canvas Documentaries’, University of Melbourne Press, Melbourne, Vic.

  • McMenomy, K. (1984), 'Ned Kelly’, Melbourne, Vic.

  • Willis, A. M. (1988), 'Picturing Australia – A History of Photography’, Sydney, NSW.

  • Victorian Post Office Directories.

  • '(Index to Register of Copyright Books)’, Microfilm, La Trobe Collection, State Library of Victoria, Melbourne, Vic.

  • '(Probate Index 1910-19)’, VPRS:28, ser. 127, no. 440.

  • (9 December 1861), 'Letters to Exploration Committee’, VEE Papers 2078/2, State Library of Victoria, Melbourne, Vic.

  • Mackaness, Vol 2, p. 33, (cited by Bonyhady, T. in footnote 85).

  • 'Victorian Copywright Book’, La Trobe Collection, State Library of Victoria, Melbourne, Vic.

See also

  • 'Oswals Thomas Madeley, Burnt Body June 1880, albumen silver photograph, 5.7 x 8.9 cm, Victorian Copywright Collection, State Library of Victoria, Melbourne, Victoria'.

Initial data sources

  • DAA with additions