Historical information

Henry Frensham was mentioned in the 1980 Select Legislative Assembly of the Colony of Victoria that was established to consider who first found gold in Bendigo.
In his book "The Gold Rush That Never Ended", Geoffrey Blainey said Henry, Frencham a journalist in a red shirt and knee boots, using a nom-de-plume "Bendigo" announced the discovery of gold. He also claimed to have had a major role in the demonstration at Bendigo against the new three pound gold licence fee. In 1854 the Government charged the miners this fee and the miners started to rebel.

Frisby & Mason Photography was located at 134 Bridge Road Richmond and was first listed there in 1887.

Physical description

Photographic head and shoulders portrait of a grey-haired man with a grey mustache wearing a dark grey coat and a white shirt with a black tie. Highlighted in a dark cream coloured oval on a light cream coloured background. It's signed Frisby& Mason.