446612
- TitleGustavus Vaughan Brooke, tragedian, between 1855-1865 / photographers unknown
- Call numberP1/234
- Level of descriptionfonds
- Date
between 1855-1865 - Type of material
- Reference code446612
- Issue CopyDigitised
- Physical DescriptionPhotographs - 2 cartes de visite - 10 x 6 cm. approx.
- ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
For details of Brooke's life and career, see: Entertaining Australia : an illustrated history / Katharine Brisbane (ed.). Sydney : Currency Press, 1991 (pp. 42,54-55)
"G.V. Brooke / Opened at Melbourne Feb. 26th 1855. Stayed 5 years. Returned to England after 'making' L30,000. George Coppin persuaded him to come back to Australia & he sailed in the 'London' which foundered. Brooke worked at the pumps, refusing to take a place in the boats, but before going down sent a farewell message to friends in Melbourne." -- typescript on the reverse of portrait A. - Copying ConditionsOut of copyright: created before 1955
- General note
Transferred from P1/Brooke, Gustavus Vaughan (BM), December 2009
Digital order no:a4177032 - Name
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- Exhibited in
A living collection - State Library of New South Wales (1 March - 31 July, 2010)
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