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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creator of
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
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creator of
Commission to photograph the paintings in the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Vic.
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creator of
Two cartes-de-visite of Power, the Bushranger, in handcuffs, chains and leg-irons
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creator of
Melbourne illustrated by photographs
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Medium
Photographs
Tags
Photography, Melbourne
URL
http://cat.lib.unimelb.edu.au/record=b1668808

First series, Melbourne: C. Nettleton, [12] leaves of plates: ill. ; 25 × 32 cm.

 
creator of
Volunteer Fire Brigade, Ballarat
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creator of
Visit of the Duke of Edinburgh to Victoria
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creator of
First English cricket team to visit Australia
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On board the 'Great Britain’.

 
creator of
Panoramas
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creator of
St Patrick's Catholic Cathedral
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creator of
Opening ceremony of the first railway in the Australian colonies, from Melbourne to Port Melbourne
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References [<ExternalResource: Nettleton, Charles (1868), 'Melbourne Illustrated by Photographs'.>, <ExternalResource: (June 1989), 'Masterpieces of Australian Photography', Josef Lebovic Gallery, Paddington, NSW (catalogue), .>, <ExternalResource: Gittens, J. (1974), 'Charles Nettleton', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 5, [Pike, D. (ed.)], Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, Vic.>, <ExternalResource: Davies, Alan & Stanbury, Peter (1985), 'The Mechanical Eye in Australia: Photography 1841-1900', Oxford University Press, Melbourne, Vic.>, <ExternalResource: Cato, J. (1955), 'The Story of the Camera in Australia', Melbourne, Vic.>, <ExternalResource: Newton, G. (1988), 'Shades of Light', Canberra, ACT.>, <ExternalResource: Sierp, A. (1972), 'Colonial Life in Victoria: Fifty Years of Photography 1855-1905', Sydney, NSW.>, <ExternalResource: Willis, Anne-Marie (1988), 'Picturing Australia: A History of Photography', Sydney, NSW.>, <ExternalResource: (1866), Melbourne, Vic.: Age, 09-28.>, <ExternalResource: (1866), Illustrated Melbourne Post, 07-27.>, <ExternalResource: '[Nettleton biographical file]', La Trobe Collection, State Library of Victoria, Melbourne, Vic.>, <ExternalResource: Information sourced from Evans, Joyce.>, <ExternalResource: Information sourced from Callaway, A.>, <ExternalResource: Information sourced from Lennon, J.>, <ExternalResource: Information sourced from Bruce, C.>] [<ExternalResource: Nettleton, Charles (1868), 'Melbourne Illustrated by Photographs'.>, <ExternalResource: (June 1989), 'Masterpieces of Australian Photography', Josef Lebovic Gallery, Paddington, NSW (catalogue), .>]