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Frederic Bonney (1842–1921) was a British land owner and photographer. He took photographs at Momba Station in New South Wales in the 1870s and he was known for these and his anthropology. He was born and died in Rugeley, Staffordshire. ==Life== Bonney was the son of the Reverend Thomas Bonney, headmaster of Rugeley Grammar School.〔 His brothers included Edward Smith Bonney〔(Colton House ), coltonhouse.com, retrieved 19 June 2014〕 and Thomas George Bonney, who was an academic geologist. He went to school at Marlborough College. His uncle, Charles Bonney, visited England from Australia in 1858 to 1862. Encouraged by his uncle, he and his brother, Edward, travelled to Australia. Edward went to Australia first and Frederic joined him in 1865 at Momba Station in New South Wales, near Wilcannia. In the late 1860s Momba had an area of . Charles Dickens' son, Plorn, was sent by his father to Momba Station and he arrived a few days before his sixteenth birthday in 1868.〔 He worked as a stockman at Momba until 1872.〔 Bonney's occupation was as a grazier but his hobby was photography and anthropology. He took many pictures of the Paakantyi people who had traditionally lived along the Paroo River. These people had been devastated by disease and the invasion by foreign immigrants. Bonney's attitude to these people was not as judgmental as many and he took natural pictures which recorded their lives. He was shocked by the racist views of others and he recorded his respect for the "loyalty and integity" of the native Australians.〔 Bonney's pictures have been published recently and in his time they were exhibited at the Melbourne Exhibition in 1880.〔(Review of Book The People of the Paroo River ), Martin Thomas, Australian National University, retrieved 24 June 2014〕 Bonney's pictures of Wonko Mary record a mourning tradition—Wonko Mary is shown with a "widow's cap" which she has made from gypsum (''kopi'') and water, and has moulded to her head.〔 Edward became ill with terminal syphilis and he returned home in 1879. Frederic had to tidy up their affairs but he also took the opportunity to complete his anthropological and photographic studies. Frederic sold Momba station and he returned to Staffordshire in 1881. He travelled back the long way and he visited Hawaii where he again took photographs during a month there.〔 Once he was back in his home county he bought Colton House in Rugeley. He established gardens and an arboretum at his house. He continued to record local events using photography (many of these pictures are held in a collection at Colton House).〔(Frederic Bonney ), Colton History Society, retrieved 23 June 2014〕 He became chair of the parish council and bred show pigeons.〔(Frederic Bonney ), Luminous Lint, retrieved 20 June 2014〕 Bonney also volunteered to manage his local hospital and the village reading room.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Frederic Bonney」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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