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
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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