IV — Industry and Progress: Promoting the Territory During the
1870s and 1880s Paul Foelsche's photographs brought the Northern
Territory's mines and industries to public attention. His
photographs were selected for several International Exhibitions,
from Paris and Philadelphia to Calcutta and Sydney. At
International Exhibitions Paul Foelsche's photographs of
landscapes, mines and buildings were shown next to samples of
gold and copper, timber and cotton, promoting the Northern
Territory to investors. Foelsche's role in the International
Exhbitions began in 1874. He was encouraged by the architect
J.G. Knight, who organised the Territory's contribution to
Melbourne's 1875 Exhibition and to the Philadelphia Exhibition
of 1876. For the 1878 Paris Exhibition, the South Australian
Government requested Foelsche to take photographs of the
goldfields south of Palmerston. Foelsche complained to the
Government Resident that his police 'spring-cart' was inadequate
to transport the heavy photographic equipment, and he