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Entrepreneur, Inventor: Woodbury <\/span>in Indonesia<\/h4>\n<\/figure>\n
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I have uploaded a small essay I wrote in 2014 about Walter Woodbury in Indonesia. This essay was linked to the exhibition at the National Gallery of Australia \u2014 Garden of the East: photography in Indonesia 1850s-1940s. Click here for my essay online.<\/a><\/p>\n

There\u2019s also another small essay online that relates to a photograph \u2014 the one above \u2014 titled Serimpies, or dancing girls of the Sultano<\/strong> c.1858 . Click here for that essay<\/a>.  <\/p>\n

For the list of my essays (being updated) click here<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014 <\/p>\n

An update August 2025: Have uploaded an online version of Garden of the East<\/a><\/p>\n

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I have uploaded a small essay I wrote in 2014 about Walter Woodbury in Indonesia. This essay was linked to the exhibition at the National Gallery of Australia \u2014 Garden of the East: photography in Indonesia 1850s-1940s. Click here for my essay online. There\u2019s also another small essay online that relates to a photograph \u2014 the one above \u2026 Continue reading Walter Woodbury<\/span> \u2192<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,1,5,4,3],"tags":[71,333,332,199,334,331],"class_list":["post-1048","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-asia-pacific","category-essays","category-photography-exhibitions","category-photographers","category-photography","tag-gael-newton","tag-garden-of-the-east","tag-indonesia","tag-photographer","tag-serimpies","tag-walter-woodbury"],"yoast_head":"\nGael Newton, Walter Woodbury, Indonesia, photographer, Serimpies<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Gael Newton, Walter Woodbury, Indonesia, photographer, Garden of the East, Serimpies\" \/>\n<meta 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