Charles Nettleton b. c.1825

  • Artist (Photographer)
A professional photographer, he is generally regarded as the major photographic recorder of Melbourne's growth from settlement to great city. Working as the official photographer to the Victorian government and to the City of Melbourne Corporation, Nettleton's most famous photograph is a portrait of Ned Kelly taken the day before he was hanged.
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professional photographer, was born in the north of England, son of George Nettleton.

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1992
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2011

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Related works
  • Johnston St. Bridge (& Collingwood) (creator of)
  • Orangery and a 7-year-old orange tree in Hugh Glass's Flemington gardens (creator of)
  • Sculpture gallery at the Melbourne Public Library and Museum (creator of)
  • Views of Victoria (creator of)
  • Official and unofficial military photographs (creator of)
  • Close-up portrait of Ned Kelly (creator of)
  • Commission to photograph the paintings in the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Vic. (creator of)
  • Two cartes-de-visite of Power, the Bushranger, in handcuffs, chains and leg-irons (creator of)
  • Volunteer Fire Brigade, Ballarat (creator of)
  • Visit of the Duke of Edinburgh to Victoria (creator of)
  • First English cricket team to visit Australia (creator of)
  • Panoramas (creator of)
  • St Patrick's Catholic Cathedral (creator of)
  • Opening ceremony of the first railway in the Australian colonies, from Melbourne to Port Melbourne (creator of)
  • Johnston St. Bridge (& Collingwood) (creator of)
  • Volunteer Fire Brigade, Ballarat (creator of)
  • Orangery and a 7-year-old orange tree in Hugh Glass's Flemington gardens (creator of)
  • Commission to photograph the paintings in the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Vic. (creator of)
  • Panoramas (creator of)
  • Sculpture gallery at the Melbourne Public Library and Museum (creator of)
  • Views of Victoria (creator of)
  • Visit of the Duke of Edinburgh to Victoria (creator of)
  • Official and unofficial military photographs (creator of)
  • Two cartes-de-visite of Power, the Bushranger, in handcuffs, chains and leg-irons (creator of)
  • Close-up portrait of Ned Kelly (creator of)
  • First English cricket team to visit Australia (creator of)
  • Opening ceremony of the first railway in the Australian colonies, from Melbourne to Port Melbourne (creator of)
  • St Patrick's Catholic Cathedral (creator of)
Related events
  • Sydney International Exhibition (None)
  • Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition (None)
  • Ballarat Mechanics Institute exhibition (None)
  • Paris Universal Exhibition (None)
  • Melbourne Intercolonial Exhibition (None)
  • Dublin Exhibition (exhibited at)
  • London International Exhibition (None)
  • Victorian Exhibition of Fine Arts (None)
  • Dublin Exhibition (exhibited at)
  • Ballarat Mechanics Institute exhibition (None)
  • Melbourne Intercolonial Exhibition (None)
  • Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition (None)
  • Sydney International Exhibition (None)
  • Paris Universal Exhibition (None)
  • London International Exhibition (None)
  • Victorian Exhibition of Fine Arts (None)