Samuel White Sweet b. 1 May 1825

  • Artist (Photographer)
Colonial photographer and master mariner, awarded a silver medal for his photographs at the Calcutta International Exhibition in 1885. His photographic career included some unusual and rare shots in Australian photographic history such as the settlement at Port Darwin, the Point Macleay Station which was used as the front piece of Rev. G. Taplin's book, Narrinyeri and views of the outback and rem

Citations

  • Robertson, E. (December 1950), 'Captain Sweet: A South Australian photographer’, Australasian Photo Review, .

  • Sierp, A. (1976), 'Samuel White Sweet’, Melbourne, Vic : Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 6, [Nairn, B. (ed.)], Melbourne University Press.

  • Davies, Alan; & Stanbury, Peter (1985), 'The Mechanical Eye in Australia: Photography 1841-1900’, Melbourne, Vic : Oxford University Press.

  • Holden, R. (1988), 'Photography in Colonial Australia: The Mechanical Eye and the Illustrated Book’, Potts Point, NSW.

  • McDougall, G. (1984), 'Captain Sweet: Northern Territory images’, in Photofile, (Summer 1984).

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

  • Noye, R.J. (1968), 'Early South Australian Photography: The R.J. Noye Collection’, Adelaide, SA.

  • Pike, P.; & Moore, J. (1983), 'Captain Sweet’s Adelaide’, Adelaide, SA.

  • (19 January 1866), Brisbane Courier.

  • Information sourced from Bruce, Candice.

  • Information sourced from Byrne, Diane.

  • Information sourced from Lennon, J.

Initial data sources

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