Photograph - Black and White Print, J.E. Barnes, The Yarra at Yarra Glen, c.1920

Significance

Josiah Earl BARNES (Australian, 1858–1921) was a noted WW1 photographer who took many photographs of departing troopships and men. The Australian War Memorial holds around 1,436 negatives and prints by J.E. Barnes. His daughter, D. Barnes (married name Smyth) was also a photographer and lived in Diamond Creek from around 1910 to circa 1940.

Physical description

Black & White / Sepia print

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