Photography in Australia

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The first photograph taken in Australia, a view of Bridge Street (now lost) is believed to have been taken by a visiting naval captain, Captain Augustin Lucas (1804-1854) in 1841, as indicated by a note published in the Australasian Chronicle for 13 April 1841. Lucas arrived in Sydney aboard the Justine, captained by his younger brother Francois Lucas.

The earliest known surviving photograph taken in Australia, is believed to be a daguerreotype portrait of Dr William Bland by George Baron Goodman (which is likely the one mentioned in the Sydney Morning Herald, 14 January 1845).

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