H. H. Tilbrook
Henry Hammond Tilbrook (1848–1937) was a Welsh-born Australian landscape photographer, inventor and traveller, who later in life co-founded the Northern Argus newspaper in the Clare region of South Australia. Biography Tilbrook was born in Llandudno, Wales, in 1848. His father was a gamekeeper originally from Weston Colville, Cambridgeshire. When Tilbrook was about six years old, the family sailed to South Australia on the Albermarle. He worked for a short time as a typesetter at the Register in Adelaide, as well as working as a lamb minder for a short time. Enticed by the gold rush at the time, Tilbrook moved to New Zealand to try to make a living prospecting. After having no luck with gold, he moved on to work for the Grey River Argus in Greymouth. Shortly after returning from New Zealand, Tilbrook founded the Northern Argus newspaper in Clare. On 19 February 1869, when he was 21, the first edition was published. On 1 January 1870 he married Marianne Clode in Noah, Adelaide. Marianne Clode was the daughter of Richard and Charlotte Clode from Windsor in England. Tilbrook died on 9 September 1937 in St Peters. Photography In 1870, Tilbrook took up photography. He practiced the dry