Baron George Goodman

  • Artist (Photographer)
The first professional photographer known to have worked in Australia. Although many local citizens had to endure 'about half a minute' of immobility and sweltering heat, his photographs were extremely popular although many have not survived to this day.
Name
Baron George Goodman
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Photographer)
Other Occupation
  • photographer (ANZSIC code: 6991)
Death date
June 1851
Death place
Paris, France
Active Period
  • 1842 - 1849
Arrival
  • 5 November 1842 (Sydney, NSW , vessel; 'Eden')
Residence
  • c.1850 - c.1851 Paris, France
  • c.1849 - c.1850 London, England, UK
  • c.1844 - c.1849 Sydney, New South Wales
  • 1843 - 1844 Hobart Town, Van Diemen's Land , Hobart Town, Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania)
  • 1842 - 1843 Sydney, New South Wales
Training
  • under Louis Daguerre, Paris, France
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870