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Tim the Yowie Man

She hated her portrait. Now it might be Canberra's oldest photo

Robert Campbell Walter Rothschild Canberra Matthew Higgins London TimYowie Man Queanbeyan

This column's quest to uncover Canberra's oldest photograph continues unabated.

The late Robert Campbell believed a photo of the St John's Church and Schoolhouse in Reid after a fire in 1864 was likely the oldest, however, while sifting through the filing cabinets at the Canberra & District Historical Society headquarters in Curtin, I've since found several more contenders.

The 1855 photo featuring Edward Barnabas Wesley Hutchison, his wife Emily, and their son, Alex. Picture supplied
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