Sub-item 3 - On the banks of the Tamar River

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AU TAS UTAS SPARC W9-Ph-135-3

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On the banks of the Tamar River

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  • c1881 (Creation)

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(c1827-1916)

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William Cawston was a professional photographer, gilder and framer. At 17 he was transported to Australia on a seven-year sentence in 1845 and in 1856 opened a business in Launceston, Tasmania, as a picture frame maker. By 1862 he had a photographic studio, which continued to operate in Launceston until 1888, when it became Cawston & Sons. Cawston continued to work as a studio photographer until 1891, producing portraits and views of Launceston. He developed a reputation as an excellent photographer, winning an award for architectural and landscape views, which now make up an important record of the history of Launceston and the north of Tasmania. From https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/collection/works/282.2014/

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Photograph of a family on the banks of the Tamar River, Launceston. The photographer was William Cawston who had studios in Paterson and St. John Streets, Launceston from 1863-1891.

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