Dr William Bland, ca. 1845 - photographed by George Goodman (2864145817)

The oldest known surviving photograph taken in australia format: daguerreotype (ninth plate daguerreotype in wharton case) notes: dr william bland, an ex-convict, was a prominent surgeon, humanitarian, social reformer and inventor. This daguerreotype is the earliest known surviving photograph taken in australia. It is probably that mentioned in the sydney morning herald 14/1/1845, p. 2, top column 5 from the collections of the mitchell library, state library of new south wales www. Sl. Nsw. Gov. Au information about photographic collections of the state library of new south wales acms. Sl. Nsw. Gov. Au/search/simplesearch. Aspx persistent url: acms. Sl. Nsw. Gov. Au/item/itemdetailpaged. Aspx?itemid=6488. Date: 1845.