Thomas Cleary b. 1 April 1854

Also known as Planotype
  • Artist (Photographer)
Professional photographer who operated studios in rural Victoria and NSW in 1891-1899. Cleary set up and photographed extraordinary tableaux of Aboriginal subjects, regularly using two Aboriginal models, Mr John and Mrs Kate Friday.

Citations

  • 'NSW Death Records : 13518/1899’.

  • Donnelly, Karen (1996), 'The Discovery of a 19th century photographer – Thomas Cleary’, Olive Pink Society Bulletin 7/1&2, pp 9-21.

  • (1927), 'An Aboriginal Drama’, Back to Wagga Souvenir 1928.

  • (1897), Corowa Free Press, 06-02.

  • 'Joan Kerr Archive’, National Library of Australia, Canberra, ACT.

Initial data sources

  • Legacy data. Source 'unknown'