Thomas Ham b. 17 February 1821

  • Artist (Photographer),
  • Artist (Printmaker)
Engraver, lithographer, professional photographer, cartographer and publisher, arrived in Melbourne in 1842 and began to produce maps and other official documents for the Victorian government. From 1860, he did similar work in Queensland.

Citations

  • 'DAA cross-references listed www.australianprints.gov.au’.

  • McLaren, I. (1972), 'Thomas Ham’, Australian Dictionary of Biography, volume 4, Pike, Douglas (ed.), Melbourne, Vic.

  • Barnard, F. (1917), 'Some early Victorian maps’, Victorian Historical Magazine, (6).

  • Collings, J. (1943), 'Thomas Ham’, Melbourne, Vic.

  • Darragh, T. A. (1990), 'Engraving and Lithography in Melbourne to the Time of the Gold Rush’, Willow Bend, NSW.

  • Morrison, F. W. (1888), 'The Aldine History of Queensland’, Brisbane, Qld.

  • Pack, C. (1923), 'Victoria, the Half-Length Portraits’, New York, USA.

  • Purves, J. (1953), 'Half Lengths of Victoria’, London, England.

  • Smith, J. (ed.) (1903), 'Encyclopedia of Victoria’, volume 1, Melbourne, Vic.

  • Wilkin, F. (1939), 'Baptists in Victoria…1838-1938’, Melbourne, Vic.

  • (18 December 1852), Argus, 1902-12-11; 1909-12-11.

Initial data sources

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