Photographers Index

Woolley, Charles A, 1834-1922, photographer

Gender: Male
Active Dates: 1834 - 1922
Active Area: Oceania (continent)
Australia (nation)
Tasmania (state)
Hobart (inhabited place)
Likenesses: None found.
Photographs: See list of photographs
Publications: None found.
Related Entries: None found.
   
Dr. Charles A. Woolley was a commercial photographer based in Australia. He had a studio at 42 Macquarie Street, Hobart, Tasmania, circa 1860-1870 (Davies and Stanbury 1985, p.256). He photographed the last surviving Tasmanian aborigines for the Melbourne Intercolonial Exhibition of 1866.
Sources: Davies, Alan and Stanbury, Peter (1985), 'The mechanical eye in Australia: photography 1841-1900'. Melbourne: Oxford University Press.

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