The photographs:
Famous Men and Fair Women
Julia Margaret CAMERON
British, 1815–79
Governor Eyre of Jamaica, c. 1868
albumen silver photograph
25.8 x 33.3cm
The Wilson Centre for Photography
93:4920
In his youth Edward John Eyre (1815–1901) migrated to Australia, where he
initially worked as a cattle drover. With his Aboriginal companions he led
the first party to cross South Australia from east to west. The Royal
Geographical Society awarded him a gold medal for this achievement. In 1846
he was made Lieutenant-Governor of New Zealand. He later became Governor of
the Caribbean islands of St Vincent and then Jamaica.
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