Sir William Macarthur b. 1800

  • Artist (Photographer)
Member of the famous colonial Macarthur family who may have been an amateur photographer. William was involved in numerous organisations and participated in several international exhibitions.
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Citations

  • 'NSW Death Records : 6610/1882’.

  • Teale, R. (1966), 'William Macarthur’, Australian Dictionary of Biography, ed. Pike, D., Melbourne, Victoria, vol. 5.

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

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

  • Connolly, C. N. (1983), 'Biographical Register of the New South Wales Parliament 1856-1901’, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory.

  • Newton, G. (1988), 'Shades of Light’, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory.

  • Willis, A.-M. (1988), 'Picturing Australia – A History of Photography’, Sydney, New South Wales.

  • 'Macarthur papers’, manuscripts, Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW.

  • Information sourced from Groom, Barry and Wickman, Warren.

Initial data sources

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

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  • Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)