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.

Citations

  • Davies, Alan and Stanbury, Peter (1985), 'The Mechanical Eye in Australia: Photography 1841-1900’, Melbourne, Victoria.

  • Auer, M. (1985), 'International Encyclopedia of Photographers from 1839 to the Present’, vol. 2, Hernance, Switzerland.

  • Cato, J. (1955), 'The Story of the Camera in Australia’, Melbourne, Victoria.

  • Johnson, W.S. (1990), 'Nineteenth-Century Photography: An Annotated Bibliography 1839-1879’, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

  • Newton, G. (1988), 'Shades of Light’, Canberra, ACT.

  • (15 December 1893), Photographic Times, London, England.

  • 'Walter Woodbury Papers’, Royal Photographic Society, Bath, England.

  • Information sourced from Bruce, Candice.

Initial data sources

  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870