''The Explorers and Early Colonists of Victoria'' is a historical photographic montage of 1872 by

Thomas Foster Chuck Thomas Foster Chuck (19 September 1826 – 7 December 1898) was a British photographer. He was born in London and migrated to Australia, where he documented the explorers and early colonists of Victoria. Photography career He migrated to Aus ...

(1826–1898). It consists of a framed collection of 713 photographs of the early settlers of Victoria.

History

The project took Chuck three years to complete. To be eligible for inclusion in the montage, the settler must have arrived in Victoria before 1843. To obtain the photos, Chuck photographed some of the surviving settlers, borrowed negatives of others and copied them and photographed portraits and paintings of the more famous. The original framed photograph is 1.5 metres high and 1.2 metres wide. It was presented to the

State Library of Victoria State Library Victoria (SLV) is the state library of Victoria, Australia. Located in Melbourne, it was established in 1854 as the Melbourne Public Library, making it Australia's oldest public library and one of the first free libraries in the ...

in 1872 is still held by them. Later Chuck made smaller copies 49 cm by 43 cm for sale to the public (see photo at right) with an accompanying index of the names and dates of arrival of those in the montage.''The Argus'', 13 January 1873, P. 5.

List of names in the montage

References

External links

State Library of Victoria
{{DEFAULTSORT:Explorers and Early Colonists of Victoria, The Settlers of Victoria (Australia) Australian photographs Black-and-white photographs Lists of 19th-century people Lists of men Lists of people from Victoria (Australia) 1870s photographs 1872 works