Joseph Brooks

  • Artist (Photographer)
Official photographer on the Goyder expedition (1868/1869?), he took several photographs of the Northern Territory coastline and of the planned site of the Darwin township.
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Name
Joseph Brooks
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Photographer)
Other Occupation
  • draughtsman (ANZSIC code: 692)
Active Period
  • c.December 1868 - c.1869
Residence
  • c.5 February 1869 - c.1869 Port Darwin, NT
  • Adelaide, SA
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870

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References [<ExternalResource: Davies, Alan, and Stanbury, Peter (1985), 'The Mechanical Eye in Australia: Photography 1841-1900', Melbourne.>, <ExternalResource: Kerr, M. (1971), 'The Surveyors: The Story of the Founding of Darwin', Adelaide.>, <ExternalResource: (1869), Illustrated Sydney News, 07-08.>, <ExternalResource: Information sourced from Lennon, J.>]