Sub-item 2 & 3 - Sunnyside, New Town

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Identity area

Reference code

AU TAS UTAS SPARC W9-Ph-144-2 & 3

Title

Sunnyside, New Town

Date(s)

  • n.d. (Creation)

Level of description

Sub-item

Extent and medium

1 photograph

Context area

Name of creator

(1841-1899)

Biographical history

James Backhouse Walker (1841-1899), solicitor and historian, was born on 14 October 1841 in Hobart Town, son of George Washington Walker, shopkeeper, and his wife Sarah Benson, daughter of Robert Mather. Educated at the High School, Government Domain, ... »

Name of creator

(1865-1880)

Biographical history

Henry Hall Baily was born in Tasmania but was trained at the London School of Photography in the early 1860s. A professional photographer, he exhibited in both Melbourne and Sydney while continuing to have a practice in Hobart, a practice his son, also ... »

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Two photographs of Sunnyside, New Town, Tasmania, home of Thomas Daniel Chapman 1815-1884, Politician. Mt Wellington in distance. The photographer was Henry Hall Baily who had studios in Elizabeth and Liverpool Streets, Hobart from 1865 until 1918.