Thomas Mathewson b. 1842

  • Artist (Photographer)
Scottish colonial male orphan who set up a photography business after being taught by an Ipswich reverend. By the time he died, his horse driven carriage had left tracks from SA to Qld, and he had founded a legacy of photography studios run by his sons.
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References [<ExternalResource: (2 October 1922), 'Harrington's Photographic Journal'.>, <ExternalResource: Barrie, S. (1988), 'Queenslanders behind the Camera 3', Morningside, Qld.>, <ExternalResource: Cato, J. (1955), 'The Story of the Camera in Australia', Melbourne, Vic.>, <ExternalResource: Fisher, R. (1986), 'Aspects of early photography in the Moreton Bay region', Brisbane History Group Papers 3.>, <ExternalResource: Gibbney, H. J. & Smith, A. G. (1987), 'A Biographical Register 1788 1939', Canberra, ACT.>, <ExternalResource: Mathewson, T. (1960), 'Ipswich in the eighteen fifties', Journal of the Royal Historical Society of Queensland, vol. 6, no. 9.>, <ExternalResource: Morrison, W. F. (1888), 'The Aldine History of Queensland', Sydney, NSW.>, <ExternalResource: (15 March 1894), Photographic Review of Reviews vol. 3, no. 27.>, <ExternalResource: (24 May 1934), Queenslander, obituary.>, <ExternalResource: (13 October 1877), Sydney Mail, NSW.>, <ExternalResource: Brown, J. (1984), 'Versions of reality: The production and function of photographs in colonial Queensland 1880 1900', PhD thesis, University of Qld.>, <ExternalResource: Mathewson, T., 'A trip with my camera sixty years ago', John Oxley Library, State Library of Qld, typescript.>, <ExternalResource: Fisher, Rod (1986), '"Through a glass darkly": Photographers and their role in the Moreton Bay region before 1850', JRHSQ 12/3.>, <ExternalResource: Information sourced from Lennon, Jane.>] [<ExternalResource: (2 October 1922), 'Harrington's Photographic Journal'.>]