The Exhibition
The photographs depict members of the expedition, the new settlement and the surrounding scenery, and the men are seen at work and around their camps, clearly showing the isolation of the tropical north.
These historic photographs give us a glimmer of insight into what life would have been like and to help us appreciate the those rough early days.
Photographers during the expedition were Joseph Brook; the official photographer and Samuel White Sweet; a sea captain who sailed twice to the Northern Territory and joined the Goyder expedition on both occasions.
These images are extremely rare and are an important photographic record of the foundation of Darwin, showing how our modern city began its life as a small collection of tents and huts.
