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20 Edmond Barton J.B. Hon. Edmund Barton, Ex Speaker of the Assembly, 1887. Lithograph, 22.5 x 17cm. Sir Edmund Barton (1849-1920) became Australia's first Prime Minister in 1901. When Sir Henry Parkes retired from politics in 1891, Barton had been such a vigorous campaigner for the cause of Federation he was his natural successor Barton's 1901 campaign slogan: For the first time, a nation for a continent and a continent for a nation". |
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21 Edmond Barton Livingston Hopkins, Mr Barton remarked..., 1900. Pen & ink, signed lower right, 36.5 x 26.1cm. The caption continues... His Medical Advisor... You will have to be very careful Toby or this may end in a trip to England and a KGMGship - a reference to the Federation Bill and Edmund Barton's involvement in its drafting. |
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22 Shelley Berman Autograph photograph (anon), c.1960. Silver gelatin print, inscribed and signed in ink verso by Shelley Berman, 21.5 x 19cm. Inscription verso: To Wendell Watkins, Shelley Berman. Shelley Berman (1926-), popular American humourist: the first stand-up comedian to play Carnegie Hall. |
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23 First Fleets Photograph (anon), (HMS Iris), 1859-61. Albumen paper print, titled on backing on label upper right in ink (wrongly titled in a recent hand HMS Isis), 14.7 x 16.7cm. Fading. The first British squadron in Australia: In response to fears of Russian designs on the Australian colonies during the 1850s, the British government decided to strengthen naval protection of the area and established Australia as a naval command separate from the East Indies Station. H.M.S. Iris, commanded by Captain William Loring, became the flagship of the first British squadron in Australia in 1859. A sailing frigate, the Iris returned to England in 1861, to be replaced by HMS Pelorus. Two photographs of HMS Iris attributed to Mr. M.F. Moresby, paymaster of the ship, appear in the album compiled by William Macarthur. This photograph may have been taken by Moresby, or possibly Lt. Arthur Onslow RN, who was also on tour of duty with HMS Iris. Reproduced: Gillett, Australia's Navy, p.8. |
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24 First Fleets Photograph (anon), The Fleet Steaming through the Head, 1908. Silver gelatin print, 9 x 20cm. The first American fleet to visit Australia (Great White Fleet): Sixteen white warships of the U.S. Navy visited Sydney, Melbourne and Albany on a goodwill tour, at the instigation of Prime Minister Alfred Deakin. The visit was a huge success. It also highlighted the fact that Australia must work towards establishing its own Navy. |
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25 First Legislative Assembly Photography by Edward Dalton, Royal Photographic Establishment, Sydney, The First Legislative Assembly of New South Wales, published October 1859. Albumen paper print, photographer's blind stamp below image on original backing lower centre, 43 x 33cm (the key 12 x 33cm). Printed title in the image, The First Legislative Assembly of New South Wales / Under the Electoral / Reform Act of 1858. Printed on original key Photographed & Published at the Royal Photographic Establishment, Sydney, 1859, and the names in full of Members of the Legislative Assembly with their electorates. Seventy-nine oval portraits of the members of the first Legislative Assembly of New South Wales, with slightly larger centre portrait of the Speaker of the House, Sir Daniel Knight Cooper, of Paddington. The large composite, from which this photograph is taken, is held by the NSW Parliamentary Library. This smaller format would have been produced for members of the government. Dalton was a highly qualified portrait worker (painter and photographic artist), who came out from London in 1855 and worked from a number of premises in George Street, Sydney during the years 1855-64. He is purported to have acquired Royal Patronage in the late 1850s and subsequently used the Royal Coat of Arms on his mount, although this claim has never been substantiated. His portrait work of Sydney society is represented in the albums compiled by the Macarthur family of Sydney. Dalton was one of a number of professional photographers who displayed their work at the first Photographic Conversazione of the Philosophical Society of NSW, held on 8 December 1858. During 1858 he also produced a series of views of Sydney Harbour and the Hawkesbury River above Richmond, in the form of stereoscopic glass slides. During his studio's operation, Dalton trained William Bradley, David Scott and Oswald Allen, all of whom were later to establish their own businesses. When the studio closed, Freeman took possession of the premises and acquired all of Dalton's negatives. Collections: NSWPL |
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