Physical description
Copy of a newspaper article titled Colonial Bendigo on display. Date written at the top of the page Dec 1 - 1984. Article mentions an exhibition organised by the Bendigo Art Gallery of the early photographers on the gold field. Wet plate photography was used. Other mediums were also used such as engraving, artists drawings, lithography, water colours and diorama. Artists mentioned are George Rowe, S T Gill, Alex Fox, Nicholas Caire, Wet Plate Photography, Thomas Ham, Edwin Stocqueler and Ludwig Becker. There is also a photo by Nicholas Caire, taken 1875. showing the excavation of quartz reef and mine buildings near Iron bark Hill.
Subjects
- bendigo,
- history,
- long gully history group,
- the long gully history group - community focus - colonial bendigo on display,
- bendigo art gallery,
- george rowe,
- s t gill,
- alex fox,
- nicholas caire,
- wet plate photography,
- thomas ham,
- edwin stocqueler,
- the advertiser,
- ludwig becker,
- burke and wills expedition,
- mine buildings near ironbark hill,
- victoria hill
