William True Bennett

Also known as W. F. Bennett, William F. Bennett
  • Artist (Photographer)
Emigrating from the USA, William True Bennett was a highly regarded photographer who lived and worked mostly in Queensland. The nineteenth-century equivalent to the modern photojournalist, Bennett was highly sought after and arguably the first professional photographer known to have so specifically and comprehensively tackled Queensland - its landscape, Indigenous people and development as a separ
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Name
William True Bennett
Also known as:
  • W. F. Bennett ([sic])
  • William F. Bennett ([sic])
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Photographer)
Other Occupation
  • Professional photographer (ANZSIC code: 6991)
Active Period
  • c.1857 - c.1891
Arrival
  • c.1857 (Arrived Brisbane, Qld.)
Residence
  • c.1891- Rockhampton, Qld.
  • c.1883 - c.1884 Sydney, NSW
  • c.1879 - c.1880 Brisbane, Qld.
  • 1877 - 1879 Rockhampton, Qld.
  • c.1859 - c.1876 Brisbane, Qld.
  • c.1859 Sydney, NSW
  • 1857 - 1859 Brisbane, Qld.
  • 1857 - 1891 Queensland
  • Michigan, USA
Cultural Heritage
  • American
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • DAA with additions

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Other occupations
  • Professional photographer (ANZSIC code: 6991)
  • Professional photographer (ANZSIC code: 6991)
Field Changes
Biography
Date created Jan. 1, 1992, midnight
Date modified April 11, 2011, midnight