Robert Dalzell Ward b. 1819

  • Artist (Photographer)
Ward was the first medical practitioner in the district of North Sydney, NSW. He was a keen amateur photographer, mainly taking local views. His best-known photograph is a panorama of Sydney Harbour taken from the North Shore and showing Observatory Hill, Millers Point and Sydney University in the distance.
Name
Robert Dalzell Ward
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Photographer)
Other Occupation
  • surgeon (ANZSIC code: 8512)
Birth date
1819
Death date
2 May 1902
Death place
North Sydney, NSW
Burial place
St Thomas's Cemetery, New South Wales
Active Period
  • 1856 - 1860
Arrival
  • 9 April 1852 (Sydney, NSW, vessel; 'David M'Ivor')
Residence
  • Dalzell, West Street, North Sydney, New South Wales
  • c.1852- Berry Street, North Shore (North Sydney), Sydney, New South Wales
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870