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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
  • Biographical Data b. 1 May 1825 Portsea, Hampshire, England, UK
  • Biography 1 biography
  • Associates 13 people
  • Groups 1 group
  • Works 10 works
  • Exhibitions 2 exhibitions
  • Collections 3 collections
  • Recognitions
  • References 12 references
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(Frontispiece for the Rev. G. Taplin's book on the "Narrinyeri")
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(Three figures leaning on a wagon; J.A.G. Little, R.C.Patterson, Charles Todd & A.J. Mitchell at Roper River)
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(Official ceremony of the planting of the first telegraph pole at Port Darwin)
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(Members of the Overland Telegraph party in front of the jetty, the supplies and the ship, with the river and bush in the background)
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(Port Darwin settlement)
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(Roper River settlement)
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(Sir William Manning's house, Wallaroy, Woollahra)
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Three views.

 
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Updated Nov. 15, 2012
Created Jan. 1, 1992
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