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camera and the other necessary equipment in 1846, and setting up as a professional photographer. With public interest in the new medium not forthcoming, Gill sold his camera to Robert Hall prior to his departure with
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lived there for the rest of his life. Here he worked for the booksellers and publishers J. J. Blundell and Co. and had a studio above their premises in
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put him off until the following day. Gill wandered out into the
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and following a series of personal tragedies including bankruptcy and ill health, Gill joined a large group of South
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of "Sketches of the
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Gill, S., & J. Luntley & Co. (1855). Sketches of the gold diggers comprising 16 chromo-lithographic plates. London: J. Luntley &.,
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later in 1846. While on this expedition he made the first sketch of these ranges. Horrocks, the first settler of South Australia's
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At the height of this success Gill decided to move to Sydney where he worked on the publication of views of
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bartered his sketches for drinks at his favourite watering holes like the Mitre Tavern.
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