Henry Field b.

  • Artist (Photographer)
A professional photographer who came to Victoria from England in the mid 1850s, presumably - and unsuccessfully - in search of gold. In the late 1850s Field rode to the Queensland town of Bowen, via Sydney, where he worked for many years as the resident photographer and later the town clerk.
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Name
Henry Field
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Photographer)
Other Occupation
  • Professional photographer
  • Town clerk
Birth date
Birth place
England, UK
Death date
30 October 1914
Death place
Brisbane, Qld.
Active Period
  • c.1858 - c.1888
Arrival
  • c.1855 (Arrived Victoria)
Residence
  • c.1914- Brisbane, Qld.
  • 1881 England, UK
  • c.1864 - c.1888 Bowen, Qld.
  • c.1858 - c.1859 Sydney, NSW
  • c.1855 - c.1857 Melbourne, Vic.
  • England, UK
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870

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