Mort family collection of photographs, 1858, ca. 1879-1940s

fonds

1858, ca. 1879-1940s

Graphic Materials, Photographs

441805

3 photograph albums
Negatives

Businessman, Thomas Sutcliffe Mort (1816-1878) arrived in Sydney in 1838. He married Theresa Shepheard, daughter of James Laidley, in 1841, they had five sons and two daughters. Mort married his second wife, Marianne Elizabeth Macauley in 1874, they had two sons. For further biographical details see the Australian Dictionary of Biography. Vol.5, 1851-1890. Carlton, Vic. : Melbourne University Press, 1974.

Collection comprises:
Album by W. Blackwood of Australian Scenery [1858]
Photographs of Sydney & N. S. Wales [ca. 1879-1889]
Photo sketches [family photograph album]
Early Bodalla glass negatives / taken by Edward Montague Mort, ca. 1893-1903
Glass plates, Bodalla, Derraquin House ... / all taken by Uncle Ted Mort [Edward Montague Mort]
Negative collection with index, photographed and compiled by John (Jack) Laidley Mort

This collection comprises 6 record series. You may navigate to a more detailed description of each series from this collection record.