Biographical entry Osborne, John Walter (1828 - 1902)

Summary

John Walter Osborne experimented in photolithography and patented new techniques. On 1 March 1858 he joined the Magnetic Survey Department in Melbourne and a year later was appointed official photolithographer.

Published resources

Book Sections

• Gittins, Jean, 'Osborne, John Walter (1828-1902), inventor', in Douglas Pike (ed.), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 5, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1974, pp. 375-376. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A050431b.htm. Details

Journal Articles

• Kenyon, S., 'Photo-lithography - a Victorian invention', Victorian Historical Magazine, vol. 11, 1926. Details
• Osborne, J.W., 'Lecture on the Manufacture of Stearine', Quarterly Journal and Transactions of the Pharmaceutical Society of Victoria, vol. 2, 1859-1860, pp. 105-110. Details
• Osborne, J.W., 'Chemical Application of the Blowpipe', Quarterly Journal and Transactions of the Pharmaceutical Society of Victoria, vol. 2, 1859-1860, pp. 3-10. Details
• Osborne, J.W., 'Details of a photolithographic process, as adopted by the government of Victoria, for the publication of maps', Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science (Cambridge, October, 1862), vol. 32, 1863, pp. 49-50. Details
• Osborne, J.W., 'On the essential oils and resins from the indigenous vegetation of Victoria', Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science (Cambridge, October, 1862), vol. 32, 1863, pp. 48-49. Details
• Osborne, John Walter, 'On a New Photo-Lithographic Process', Transactions of the Philosophical Institute of Victoria, vol. 4, Philosophical Institute of Victoria, Melbourne, 1860, pp. 172-183. Details

Online Resources

• National Library of Australia, 'Osborne, John Walter', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1467049. Details

See also

• Science and the making of Victoria, with Royal Society of Victoria, 2001, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/smv/scripts/smv-dynindex.php3?EID=P000100. Details