Walter Bentley Woodbury b. 26 June 1834

  • Artist (Photographer)
Trained as a civil engineer, Woodbury honed his photography skills on the goldfields of Melbourne before making his way as a professional photographer to Indonesia and back again to his country of birth, England.
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Name
Walter Bentley Woodbury
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Photographer)
Other Occupation
  • draughtsman (ANZSIC code: 692)
  • surveyor (ANZSIC code: 6922)
Birth date
26 June 1834
Birth place
Stafford, Manchester, England, UK
Death date
5 September 1885
Death place
Margate, Kent, England, UK
Active Period
  • 1852 - 1884
Arrival
  • 9 October 1852 (Melbourne, Vic, vessel; Serampore)
Residence
  • 1863 - 5 September 1885 England, UK
  • June 1857 - 1863 Batavia, Java (Jakarta, Indonesia)
  • 9 October 1852 - 1857 Melbourne, Victoria
  • 26 June 1834 - 6 June 1852 England, UK
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, Victoria.>, <ExternalResource: Auer, M. (1985), 'International Encyclopedia of Photographers from 1839 to the Present', vol. 2, Hernance, Switzerland.>, <ExternalResource: Cato, J. (1955), 'The Story of the Camera in Australia', Melbourne, Victoria.>, <ExternalResource: Johnson, W.S. (1990), 'Nineteenth-Century Photography: An Annotated Bibliography 1839-1879', Boston, Massachusetts, USA.>, <ExternalResource: Newton, G. (1988), 'Shades of Light', Canberra, ACT.>, <ExternalResource: (15 December 1893), Photographic Times, London, England.>, <ExternalResource: 'Walter Woodbury Papers', Royal Photographic Society, Bath, England.>, <ExternalResource: Information sourced from Bruce, Candice.>]