Photographs mostly of views of Bathurst and surrounding areas, New South Wales, by C. W. Mills

PXA 7485

fonds

approximately 1890

Graphic Materials, Photographs

9669126

10 photographs - albumen print on card mount - sheets 24 x 29 cm or smaller, mount 25 x 29 cm
1 photograph - albumen - 13 x 21 cm

Dr Charles W. Mills, a dispenser at Bathurst Hospital, was described by a local newspaper in 1891 as Bathurst’s leading amateur photographer. He resigned his position at Bathurst Hospital in 1892, leaving the area.

References:
Amateur Photography. (1891, August 13). Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal (NSW : 1851 - 1904), p. 3. Retrieved November 23, 2022, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article64218123
A PRESENTATION ADDRESS. (1892, October 25). National Advocate (Bathurst, NSW : 1889 - 1954), p. 3. Retrieved November 23, 2022, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article156661524
Library correspondence file

Acquired by vendor from private collection, Melbourne. Reference: Library correspondence file

1. The Ophir / C. W. Mills [Two men prospecting for alluvial gold]. Inscribed in pencil on mount below image 'Near Orange'.
2. The Crossing, Nurangarley, Macquarie River / C. W. Mills
3. Scene on Lower Macquarie near Bathurst
4. Near Bathurst [artistic study of two cows standing in water, with reflections]
5. [View of Bathurst, probably taken from dome of Bathurst Courthouse, looking towards Cathedral of St Michael and St John, with St Stanislaus and town in distance]
6. Early view of Bathurst Park. Inscribed in pencil at left of image 'R.C. Cathedral & "St Mary's" Convent'.
7. [Interior of greenhouse or fernery with fountain] / C. W. Mills
8. George St. Bathurst [view of Bathurst, probably taken from dome of Bathurst Courthouse, looking towards George Street, with town in distance] / C. W. Mills. Inscribed in pencil at lower right of image on mount 'Portion of Park'.
9a. Near Bathurst [waterfall]
9b. Sth Head Syd [South Head, Sydney]
10. [Artistic study of two cows]

Out of copyright:
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales

Titles in contents list taken from images or inscriptions on mount. Titles in square brackets devised by cataloguer.

Nos. 1-9b mounted on separate album pages.

Nos. 1-2, 7-8 signed in image 'C. W. Mills'.

Date of photographs based on date photographer was active in Bathurst.