Bayliss, Charles, 1850-1897

Probably one of Australia's greatest nineteenth-century photographer. In his day Bayliss's work was highly regarded and he received numerous prestigious government commissions. He was apprenticed to Beaufoy Merlin 1870-1873, worked for B O Holtermann, 1873-1875, and worked independently from 1876 until his death in 1897 aged 47. [Source: A Modern Vision: Charles Bayliss, photographer, 1850-1897 by Helen Ennis, published by National Library of Australia]

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Bayliss, C :Grose Valley, New South Wales

Date: ca 1880

By: Bayliss, Charles, 1850-1897

Reference: PA7-01-29

Description: Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

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Bayliss, C :Woolloomooloo Bay, Sydney

Date: ca 1880

By: Bayliss, Charles, 1850-1897

Reference: PA7-01-27

Description: Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

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Album of Sydney buildings and New Zealand colonial soldiers and towns

Date: ca1875-ca1885

From: Swainson, Jane :Photographs of military forces in Taranaki, Nelson, Hokitika, Parihaka and Rotorua.

By: Bayliss, Charles, 1850-1897; Collis, William Andrews, 1853-1920

Reference: PA1-q-707

Description: Views of notable public buildings in Sydney dating from the late 1860s to the late 1870s. Nelson City during a public parade involving colonial soldiers. Soldiers in military encampments, parading, and firing Cannon. Views of Lake Rotorua, Parihaka at the time it was occupied by Government troops, Hokitika waterfront, floods in Greymouth, and a wedding in Nelson. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

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Creator unknown : Australia album

By: Kitch, George B D, active 1880s-1915; Reynolds, W M, active 1889-1890; Bayliss, Charles, 1850-1897

Reference: PA1-q-017

Description: Album of photographs showing views of Sydney, Sydney Harbour and Heads, the Hawkesbury River, Katoomba, and also views of Adelaide. Various public buildings in both Sydney and Adelaide are shown including town halls, the public libraries, post offices, and government buildings. Photographs taken by various photographers including George Kitch, W M Reynolds and Charles Bayliss. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Black cloth-bound album, 300 x 245 mm Provenance: Creator and provenance details unknown

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Creator unknown : Australia, New Zealand, Colorado

Date: [Circa 1880s-1890s]

By: Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942; Bayliss, Charles, 1850-1897

Reference: PA1-f-012

Description: Album of fine sepia views taken by various photographers. They show views of Australia, including Melbourne, Adelaide, Sydney (panorama taken by Charles Bayliss), Hobart. Views of New Zealand, including Queenstown, Lake Wakatipu, Dunedin, Port Chalmers & Lyttelton; Auckland; Ohinemutu, including a Maori meeting house, head and shoulder portraits of Maori, showing moko, and views of Lake Rotomahana with the Pink and White Terraces. Two views of Honolulu life show Princess Ruth and her house. One view of San Francisco, one of the Sandwich Islands. There are several views of a railway line winding through the Grand Canyon of the Arkansas, in the Rocky Mountains, taken by W H Jackson in 1880. Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Album 470 x 360 mm, lacking covers, in phase box Provenance: Creator and provenance information not known

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Bayliss, C :Parramatta River from Ryde

Date: ca 1880

By: Bayliss, Charles, 1850-1897

Reference: PA7-01-28

Description: Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

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