Henry Button b. 22 March 1829

  • Artist (Printmaker),
  • Artist (Photographer),
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Colonial photographer connected to the artist John Glover through his wife, he published two albums containing some reproductions of his photographs, Memories of Fifty Years of Courtship and Wedded Life and Flotsam and Jetsam. As a proprietor of the newspaper Launceston Examiner he was also active in the field of sciences and mechanics in his community.
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sketcher, amateur photographer, lithographer, journalist, newspaper editor, publisher and author, was born in Sudbury, Suffolk, on 22 March 1829, third of the ten children of Thomas Button and Harriett, née Lloyd.

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Date written:
1992
Last updated:
2011

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  • Mayor of Launceston
  • Author (ANZSIC code: 9002)
  • Publisher (ANZSIC code: J)
  • Newspaper editor (ANZSIC code: 5411)
  • Journalist (ANZSIC code: 9002)
  • Mayor of Launceston
  • Author (ANZSIC code: 9002)
  • Publisher
  • Newspaper editor (ANZSIC code: 5411)
  • Journalist (ANZSIC code: 9002)