Family photographs of the Fawkner family, 1864-1936 / compiled by the Fawkner family

PXE 1457

fonds

1864-1936

Graphic Materials, Photographs

909382

1 photographic print - stereograph, albumen, on card - 8 x 17 cm.
1 folder (12 photographs) - black & white - various sizes.

John Pascoe Fawkner, pioneer, was born 20 October 1792 at Cripplegate, England. Arriving at Port Phillip, Victoria, on 19 October 1803, Fawkner moved with his family to Hobart, Tasmania, in February 1804. On 5 December 1822 he married Eliza Cobb and in 1835 moved to Victoria. He immediately established a store and hotel, and, along with John Batman, is credited with being one of the founders of Melbourne, Victoria. In 1851 her was elected to the first Victorian Legislative Council. He remained in the Legislative Council until his death on 4 September 1869. Fawkner was survived by his wife and his adopted daughter Eliza Ann Fawkner. On 5 August 1874, Eliza Ann Fawkner married William Goldsmith Wiseman. Wiseman died on 27 May 1879. Eliza Ann later married George Springhall.

1. Mrs. J.P. Fawkner. Photographer Batchelder & Co Melbourne (Full view standing)

2. Mrs. J.P. Fawkner. Photographer J. Cotterill Melbourne (Full view sitting)

3. Mrs. J.P. Fawkner. Photographer Batchelder & Co Melbourne (half view)

4. John Pascoe Fawkner. Photographer Batchelder & Co Melbourne (Full view standing)

5. John Pascoe Fawkner. Photographer Gaul & Dunn Melbourne (Full view sitting)

6. John Pascoe Fawkner. Age 72, 1864. Photographer Batchelder & Co Melbourne (half view)

7. Sarah Jane Wiseman nee Walsh. Photographer Society Studios.

8. Sarah Jane Walsh. Photographer Stewart & Co Melbourne

9. 1 stereograph of what appears to be a parade in a city with a large crowd. No title or date. The image is very blurded.

10. Congregational Church in Oxford St. "The church your mother was baptized in".

11. Grave of John Pascoe Fawkner, with Eliza, Eliza and John Fawkner.

12. Eliza Ann Springhall nee Fawkner, in her eightieth year, 1936. Photographer Dorothy Welding, Sydney.

Forms part of MLMSS 3153

Out of copyright: Created before 1955
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