Stereoscopic Photographs
The Goyder Expedition photographs are stereoscopic and were a popular form of public viewing during the mid to late 1800s.
Stereoscopy creates the illusion of depth in an image and was first invented by Sir Charles Wheatstone in 1840.
Two separate images are printed side-by-side and when viewed through a stereoscopic viewer, a three-dimensional effect can be produced.
Stereoscopic glasses are available for use from the Library which can reproduce this effect whilst viewing the photographs on a computer screen, or from our photo album reproduction.
Click on a thumbnail image below and see the way Stereoscopic Photographs were viewed with special Stereoscopic glasses.
