Sun Images of Australia: 19th Century Photography
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130 Paul Foelsche
(Northern Territory Views), c.1880s. A collection of nine photographs, albumen paper prints, each titled in pencil verso.
Paul Foelshe (1831-1914). Foelsche arrived in Darwin in 1870. He had been appointed Sub-Inspector of the Northern Territory of South Australia. He retired in 1904 with the rank of Inspector. His photographs of Darwin are an important record of the settlement's early growth. Even though he was an amateur, he exhibited photographs at international exhibitions in the 1870s, gaining medals and honourable mentions.

The Nine
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130 #14
View of Palmerston from Fort Hill, Port Darwin, c.1888. 14 x 20.5cm.
The administration buildings.

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130 #15
In the Gorge, Katherine River, c.1888. 14 x 20.5cm.
Two aborigines at a waterhole.

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130 #16
Railway Pier, (Port Darwin), c.1888. 14 x 20.5cm.
Ships tied up at pier.

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130 #17
(Port Darwin Steam Engine), 1888. 13.9 x 20.2cm.
Inaugural run, with dignitaries standing in decorated pavilion by the tracks.

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130 #18
On the Flora River, c.1888. 14 x 20cm.
Aborigine beside the Flora River, near Katherine.

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130 #19
On the Flora River, c.1888. 14 x 20cm.

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130 #20
N.T. Ant Hill, c.1888. 14 x 20cm.

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130 #21
Adelaide River, c.1888. 14 x 20cm.
Group resting beside the river under railway bridge.

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130 #22
In the Gorge, Katherine River, c.1888. 14 x 20cm.

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