c1890s. Albumen paper photograph, titled in ink on backing below image, 13.6 x 20cm. Laid down on original backing. Shows two men at a creek bed, one with a gold washing cradle, the other digging. More

c1890s. Tintype, titled in pencil verso, 15.5 x 20.8cm. Emulsion loss, scuffing and faded hand-colouring to lower portion, minor dents and rust. This tintype shows a grand farm house with three women and a dog in the front garden, and a partially obscured person seated on the porch. A tintype..... More

c1890s. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, annotated in two hands in pencil with title in English and German verso, 22.8 x 27.9cm. Minor tear to upper edge, paper remnants to image lower right, slight scuffing. Annotation includes “Photogr. vom Government Intelligence and Tourist Bureau, Sydney. Nach leite 204.”. More

c1890s. Three vintage silver gelatin photographs, one image titled in negative lower left, each annotated in German and two titled in English in pencil in another hand, one stamped “C.E.S. Fryer photo” verso, 33.9 x 27.6cm (approx. each). Slight silvering and crinkles, minor tears or chips to edges. Titles include..... More

c1890s. Albumen paper photograph, cabinet card format, 9.8 x 15.1cm. Slight foxing and fading, laid down on original backing. Solomon Harris was born in Maitland where “for some years he kept the Volunteer Hotel In West Maitland.” He later moved to Muswellbrook and operated a saddlery. Ref: The Maitland Daily..... More

1891. Albumen paper photograph, titled and dated in ink on image lower right over illegible number in negative, 10.1 x 14.5cm. Slight foxing, creases. Image shows a hansom cab in front of the Manly Ferry Wharf at Circular Quay. Similar images by Arthur Syer are held in the State Library..... More

1891. Albumen paper print, captioned and dated in ink on original mount below image, 9.6 x 11.6cm. Minor missing portions to edges, slight discolouration, creases. In 1885, Reverend J.H. Plant joined the Melanesian Mission. He died in 1891 some time after this photograph was taken. The people surrounding Plant were..... More

c1892. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, Henry Parkes’ signature with “sincerely” in ink on slip mounted below image, accompanied with original backing with “Falk Studios” blind stamp, 39.1 x 32.2cm. Missing portions, silvering and repaired surface loss to edges. Laid down on acid-free paper. During its time, Falk Studios, run by..... More

c1892. Group of 13 vintage silver gelatin photographs, each captioned in pencil or ink verso, including two signed “J. Brooks” and dated “April 1892”, sizes from 10.4 x 17.4cm to 12.2 x 18.7cm. Minor scuffs, wear, discolouration, slight creases, paper loss. Locations depicted include views of Mt Kosciuszko, Dome Rocks..... More

c1893. Composite albumen paper photograph, 26.3 x 18.6cm. Creases overall, slight discolouration to edges of image, minor tears to lower edge. Comes with postcard of the same image, published by M. Sternberg, Hongkong [sic], titled “A lot of Chinese babies.” Held in SFMOMA with uncropped left edge. A student of..... More

c1893. Album of eleven albumen paper photographs, each annotated in various hands in ink or pencil on backing below image, sizes from 11.2 x 9cm to 11.1 x 14.3cm. Slight missing portions, tears, creases or soiling to most, each laid down on original backing. This album appears to be taken..... More

1893. Pair of cyanotypes, each captioned and dated “Feby 1893” in ink on backing below image, 15.3 x 20.3cm, 14.2 x 19.6cm. Slight foxing and soiling, laid down on original backing. Cyanotypes of Queensland are very uncommon. These images were taken during the 1893 Brisbane flood. Ref: Wiki. More

c1894-1895. Three albumen paper photographs, 15.2 x 20.9cm (each). Slight foxing overall, minor silvering to lower edges, one image laid down on acid-free backing. Images show tableaux of dingoes, emu, kookaburras and kingfisher birds. The dingo and emu photographs are held in NLA. More