EPISODE · Nov 4, 2025 · 24 MIN
The camera in the colony: Australia's oldest photographs
from Late Night Live - Separate stories podcast · host Australian Broadcasting Corporation
The emergence of commercial photography technology in the mid-19th Century coincided with the rise of imperial control in the Pacific, including the British colony of Australia. A new book offers a comprehensive study of photography's arrival in Australia, and its implication in the colonial project. Guest: Elisa DeCourcy, writer and curator, author of Early Photography in Colonial Australia, Melbourne University PressProducer: Jack Schmidt
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The emergence of commercial photography technology in the mid-19th Century coincided with the rise of imperial control in the Pacific, including the British colony of Australia. A new book offers a comprehensive study of photography's arrival in Australia, and its implication in the colonial project. Guest: Elisa DeCourcy, writer and curator, author of Early Photography in Colonial Australia, Melbourne University Press Producer: Jack Schmidt
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