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The camera in the colony: Australia's oldest surviving photographs
In May 1841, French sea captain Augustin Lucas arrived in Sydney with the first camera ever seen in colonial Australia. A new book offers a comprehensive study of photography's arrival, 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
This program originally aired in November 2025
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