ca. 421 photographs ; b&w, sepia toned ; image 50 x 63.5 cm. and smaller.
Abstract Or Scope
Professor F.W Ledgar's collection of photographs consists of works by numerous well known photographers such as J.W. Beattie, Charles Nettleton, Nicholas Caire, Samuel Sweet, E.G. Amos and the Bardwell's Studios. There is also a small proportion of photographs by unknown photographers. The photographs were taken between 1858 and 1910 and show public buildings and street scenes in Melbourne, Sydney, Bendigo, Ballarat and Hobart. Many also show country life in Victoria, New South Wales, New Zealand and Tasmania.