Summary

This photograph depicts Reverend Frederic Charles Hall (the photographer) officiating a wedding in a bush setting in North Queensland. The doubling of the image that is seen in the photo suggests the camera was bumped during the exposure. It is unclear where this photograph was taken. This might be a wedding in the Walkley family out of Fossilbrook. Reverend Hall was appointed Curate-in-Charge of the Georgetown parish, which included the Croydon, Normanton, Burketown and Golden Gate townships.

The wedding is taking place in a rough lean-to constructed from timber and canvas. Reverend Hall is wearing full robes, suitable for the occasion, and appears to be standing on some sort of rug. The bride is wearing a formal white dress, probably made from fabrics heavier than the lightweight fabrics used in everyday clothing. The groom and the men behind him appear to be wearing dark suits and the woman with them appears to be wearing a dark formal dress. The tables in the background have been covered with fabric and the brooms leaning against the structure suggest the inside has been swept out.

The photographs in this collection were taken by the Reverend Frederic Charles Hall (1878-1926) during the period 1902-1909 when he was the Anglican Curate appointed to Georgetown in North Queensland. Hall's foremost hobby was photography. He used both a half-plate camera with tripod made by J. Lancaster & Son, Birmingham and a quarter-plate Austral No. 3 made by the Australian company, Baker & Rouse. Glass negatives from Ilford and Austral were used; developing was done by the photographer himself and printing by exposure to sunlight.