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From: "tsymonds" <>
Subject: [AUS-VIC-WESTERN-DISTRICT] PHOTOGRAPHS OF PIONEERS
Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2007 08:07:56 +1100


Hi all,



This was unknown by me until a few weeks ago, so I thought I would post the information here in case anyone else is unaware of this wonderful piece of Victorian history that may help their research; this may be the only photograph of an ancestor of yours that exists -



THOMAS FOSTER CHUCK, photographer, (born England) arrived in Melbourne in 1863. He opened photographic studies in Melbourne, Daylesford, St Kilda and Ballarat. Chuck set about photographing the first explorers, pioneers and settlers who were still alive around 1864. When he completed his task of photographing as many of the pioneers as he could find, the result became a huge mosaic standing nearly two metres tall and containing over 1,000 portraits. It is stored in the basement of the State Library of Victoria and there is a quarter-size copy in the National Library in Canberra. No women are acknowledged as pioneers. The National Library only sells photographs of the whole montage; SLV used to sell individuals if you provided the relevant number, but I haven't received confirmation from them that they still do so or if they are now only selling the complete montage.



If you would like to see his finished montage click on the link:-



http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-an5770709



All the portraits he used in the montage were numbered and identified. I have a copy of the Key identifying all the photographs. If anyone would like me to look up a name for them I am happy to do so. The list of surnames is:-



A'BECKETT, ADDISON, AITCHESON, AIKEN, AITKEN, ALEXANDER, ALLAN, ALLEE, ALSTON, AMBROSE, ANDERSON, ANKETELL, ARCHER, AMSTRONG, ASHLEY, ASHTON, AZZOPARDI, BAILLIE, BAIRD, BAKER, BALLINGALL, BARBER, BARKER, BARLING, BARR, BARRETT, BARRY, BARWICK, BATEY, BATHE, BATTRICK, BAYNE, BAYNTON, BAXTER, BEAR, BEILBY, BELCHER, BELL, BENJAMIN, BENNETT, BERSHAW, BEURLEWSE, BLACK, BLAND, BOOTH, BORN, BOYD, BRANDT, BROCK, BROUGHAM, BROWN, BRUCE, BUCKLAND, BUDDS, BUDGE, BURGESS, BURNS, BURRALL, BUTCHART, CAMPBELL, CAPPER, CARMICHAEL, CARNE, CARSON, CASHMORE, CASSELL, CAULFIELD, CHAINNEY, CHISHOLM, CHRISTIE, CLARK, CLARKE, CLAY, CLINTON, CLOW, CLUTTERBUCK, COBHAM, COCHRAN, COCHRANE, COLE, COLEMAN, COLGIN, COLT, COOKE, COOPER, COPPIN, CORNEY, COTTRELL, COSGRAVE, COWIE, CRAVEN, CRESWICK, CROOK, CROPPER, CROWLEY, CUNNINGHAM, CURDIE, CURR, CURRIE, CURTAIN, DALL, DALLIMORE, DALY, DAMYOU, DAVIDSON, DAVIS, DAWSON, DEGRAVES, DENBY, DENNYS, DICKSON, DINWOODIE, DISHER, DOBSON, DODS, DONALD, DOOLY, DOUGHARTY, DOUGLASS, DOWLING, DREDGE, DUNCAN, DUNLOP, DUNN, EASY, EBDEN, EDDY, EDGAR, EGAN, ELLERMAN, ELLERY, ELLIOT, EMERSON, EMPSON, EVANS, FAIRBAIRN, FAIRCHILD, FARIE, FAWKNER, FFLEAN, FINLAYSON, FITZGERALD, FORMAN, FOSTER, FOWLER, FOXTON, FRASER, FRAZELLE, FRENCHMAN, FROST, FULTON, FURGUSON, FURLONG, FYANS, GATEHOUSE, GEMMELL, GERAGHTY, GERRAND, GILL, GILLETT, GLASS, GODBER, GODFREY, GOLDSBROUGH, GOODMAN, GORDON, GOVETT, GRAHAM, GRANT, GRAY, GREEN, GREENE, GREEVES, GREY, GRICE, GROVE, GURNER, GUTHBRIDGE, GWAITHIN, GWYNNE, HAILES, HAINES, HALFPENNY, HALL, HAM, HAMILTON, HAMMOND, HARRIS, HARRISON, HART, HASKELL, HASLAM, HATCH, HAWTHORNE, HAYBALL, HAYES, HEALES, HENTY, HERVEY, HETHERINGTON, HIGGINS, HIGHETT, HILL, HINDS, HINKINS, HOBSON, HODDLE, HODGKINSON, HODGSON, HOFFMAN, HOGG, HOLMES, HOLT, HOOD, HORN, HOVELL, HOWARD, HOWATT, HOWEY, HOWITT, HUDDART, HUGHES, HULL, HUME, HUNTER, HURLSTONE, HURST, HUTTON, INGLIS, JACKSON, JAGO, JAMES, JEFFRY, JENNINGS, JERROME, JOHNSON, JOHNSTON, JONAS, JUKES, KENNEDY, KENNON, KER, KERR, KESTERTON, KEYS, KIDD, KING, KIRK, KISSOCK, KNIGHT, KYTE, LAIDLAW, LANG, LANGDON, LANGHORN, LANGHORNE, LA TROBE, LAWFORD, LAWRENCE, LEIGH, LE SOEUF, LEVIEN, LEWIS, LINCOLNE, LLOYD, LOCK, LOCKE, LOCKLEY, LONSDALE, LOVE, LYNOTT, McARTHUR, McCALLUM, McCAW, McCLAUREN, McCLEAN, McCLEOD, McCOMBIE, McCRAE, McDONALD, McDONNELL, McEWAN, McFARLAND, McGILL, McGREGOR, McGUIRE, McKELLAR, McKENZIE, McKINNON, McLACHLAN, McLAUGHLIN, McLAURIN, McMILLAN, McMAIN, McMERTRIE, McNICHOL, McNAY, McPHERSON, MACARTHUR, MACARTNEY, MACDONALD, MACGREGOR, MACK, MACKENZIE, MACNIGHT, MACPHERSON, MACREDIE, MAIR, MALLON, MANTON, MANIFOLD, MARRIS, MARLOW, MARSDEN, MARTIN, MASON, MASSIE, MATHESON, MATHEWS, MATSON, MAWBEY, MENZIES, MERCUTT, MESSENGER, MICHAL, MICHEL, MILES, MILLER, MITCHELL, MOFFATT, MOLLISON, MONAHAN, MONGER, MONTGOMERIE, MOODY, MOONE, MOOR, MOORE, MORGAN, MORRELL, MORRISON, MORROW, MORRIS, MORTIMER, MORTON, MOSS, MOWATT, MULLAN, MURCHISON, MURISON, MURPHY, MURRAY, MUST, NAPIER, NELSON, NICHOLSON, NIMMO, NIXON, NOLAN, NORTHCOTE, NORTON, O'BRIAN, O'BRIEN, O'FARRELL, OGILVY, OLIVER, ORR, OSBOURN, O'SHANASSY, O'SHEA, OVERTON, PALMER, PARK, PARKER, PASSMORE, PATERSON, PATTERSON, PEDDLE, PENDER, PERREGALLI, PERRY, PEERS, PHILLIPS, PINKERTON, PINNOCK, POHLMAN, POLLARD, POPE, PORTER, POWELL, POWLETT, PURBRICK, PURCELLE, QUARTERMAN, RAE, RANKIN, RAVEN, REEVES, REID, RICHARDSON, RICKETT, RICKETTS, ROBBINS, ROBERTS, ROBERTSON, ROBINSON, RONALD, RONEY, ROONEY, ROSS, ROSTRON, ROWE, ROWED, ROWLEY, RUCKER, RUFFEY, RUSDEN, RUSSELL, RUTHERFORD, RUTLEDGE, RYAN, SAVAGE, SCOTT, SELBY, SHADFORTH, SHARP, SHAW, SHEPPARD, SHERIDAN, SHREWBRIDGE, SIDEBOTTOM, SIEVEWRIGHT, SIMEON, SIMPSON, SINCLAIR, SKEENE, SKENE, SLADEN, SLEIGHT, SLOMAN, SMITH, SNODGRASS, SOUTH, SPARROW, STANBRIDGE, STANWAY, STAUGHTON, STAWELL, STEWART, STOKE, STONE, STEPHENSON, STREET, STRODE, STURT, SUGDEN, SUMNER, SUTCLIFFE, SUTHERLAND, SWANSON, SWORDS, SYNOT, TAYLOR, THOM, THOMAS, THOMPSON, THOMSON, THORNTON, THWAITES, TOBY, TOLMIE, TOLSON, TRACEY, TRANGMAR, TREACEY, TROTMAN, TUCKETT, TUCKFIELD, TURNBULL, TURNER, UMPHELBY, URQUART, URQUHART, VAUGHAN, VERNON, VINGE, WALKER, WALL, WALLACE, WALSH, WARMAN, WATT, WATTON, WEBB, WEDGE, WERE, WEST, WESTGARTH, WHARMBY, WHELAN, WHITBY, WHITE, WIGHT, WILMOT, WILKIE, WILKINSON, WILLIAMS, WILLIAMSON, WILLS, WILSON, WILTON, WINTER, WINTLE, WISE, WOOLLEY



Cheers,

Trish.




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