The Queensland Governor, Lord Lamington, arriving by horse-drawn carriage to open Queensland Parliament on 18 May 1899

My aim is to gather together and highlight as much of Henry Mobsby's photographic work as possible, either from my own personal collection or from other repositories. This moving film is from the National Film and Sound Archive.
The Lumière Collection includes over 30 actuality films made in 1899 by Frederick Wills and Henry William Mobsby which record Queensland agricultural processes and daily life at the end of the 19th century.
Highlights of the collection include the only surviving footage of Australian Boer War troops departing for service – see Boer War Transvaal Contingent (1899). The collection also includes footage of the opening of Queensland Parliament (Opening of Queensland Parliament, 1899), and brief footage captured in the Torres Strait (Darnley Islanders Pay Tribute, 1899).
The Queensland Department of Agriculture funded the world’s first government film production project in October 1898. The official photographer for the project was Frederick Wills who was assisted by Henry William Mobsby. Together they produced over 30 films using a Lumière Cinematographe, a camera which combined the functions of a moving image camera, printer and projector, invented by Louis and Auguste Lumière in the 1890s. An additional benefit of the Cinematographe was that the camera was hand-cranked and therefore was not dependent on electricity. These features allowed for flexbility where an operator could work independently in a 'foreign locale’.Wills and Mobsby were appointed to film agricultural processes and national events to attract British farmers to settle in Australia.
National Film and Sound Archive: aso.gov.au/titles/collections/lumiere-collection/

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Taken on: May 11, 2012

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Sets appears in: • Vintage Queensland - album one • Vintage Brisbane, Queensland, Australia more » • Vintage /Historic Australia • Henry Mobsby - his career images • Silent moving films taken in 1899 « less

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