Charles Nettleton b. c.1825

  • Artist (Photographer)
A professional photographer, he is generally regarded as the major photographic recorder of Melbourne's growth from settlement to great city. Working as the official photographer to the Victorian government and to the City of Melbourne Corporation, Nettleton's most famous photograph is a portrait of Ned Kelly taken the day before he was hanged.
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  • Royal Commonwealth Society, London, England, UK
  • National Library of Australia, Canberra, ACT
  • Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW
  • Australian National Gallery, Canberra, ACT
  • La Trobe Collection, State Library of Victoria, Melbourne, Vic.
  • Baillieu Library Special Collections, University of Melbourne, Vic.
    Description

    The Special Collections, Baillieu Library, University of Melbourne, comprise some 200,000 rare or historic books, serials and pamphlets and literary archives.

    The McArthur Bequest (1903) was the first substantial donation to the University Library, which has been followed by, among others, the Sir Russell Grimwade, Ian McLaren and Clern Christesen collections acquired in the 1970s.

    Website
    http://www.lib.unimelb.edu.au/collections/special/

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References [<ExternalResource: Nettleton, Charles (1868), 'Melbourne Illustrated by Photographs'.>, <ExternalResource: (June 1989), 'Masterpieces of Australian Photography', Josef Lebovic Gallery, Paddington, NSW (catalogue), .>, <ExternalResource: Gittens, J. (1974), 'Charles Nettleton', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 5, [Pike, D. (ed.)], Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, Vic.>, <ExternalResource: Davies, Alan & Stanbury, Peter (1985), 'The Mechanical Eye in Australia: Photography 1841-1900', Oxford University Press, Melbourne, Vic.>, <ExternalResource: Cato, J. (1955), 'The Story of the Camera in Australia', Melbourne, Vic.>, <ExternalResource: Newton, G. (1988), 'Shades of Light', Canberra, ACT.>, <ExternalResource: Sierp, A. (1972), 'Colonial Life in Victoria: Fifty Years of Photography 1855-1905', Sydney, NSW.>, <ExternalResource: Willis, Anne-Marie (1988), 'Picturing Australia: A History of Photography', Sydney, NSW.>, <ExternalResource: (1866), Melbourne, Vic.: Age, 09-28.>, <ExternalResource: (1866), Illustrated Melbourne Post, 07-27.>, <ExternalResource: '[Nettleton biographical file]', La Trobe Collection, State Library of Victoria, Melbourne, Vic.>, <ExternalResource: Information sourced from Evans, Joyce.>, <ExternalResource: Information sourced from Callaway, A.>, <ExternalResource: Information sourced from Lennon, J.>, <ExternalResource: Information sourced from Bruce, C.>] [<ExternalResource: Nettleton, Charles (1868), 'Melbourne Illustrated by Photographs'.>, <ExternalResource: (June 1989), 'Masterpieces of Australian Photography', Josef Lebovic Gallery, Paddington, NSW (catalogue), .>]