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* [https://www.flickr.com/photos/60141386@N08/5487960787 Austral No. 3A] falling-plate camera marked for Baker & Rouse Pty Ltd, presumably dating it to 1908 or earlier, in [https://www.flickr.com/photos/60141386@N08/ sespquiped]'s Flickr photostream.
 
* [https://www.flickr.com/photos/60141386@N08/5487960787 Austral No. 3A] falling-plate camera marked for Baker & Rouse Pty Ltd, presumably dating it to 1908 or earlier, in [https://www.flickr.com/photos/60141386@N08/ sespquiped]'s Flickr photostream.
 
* [http://aussiebloke.id.au/TEST/one.php Cameras including an Austral No. 3] at [http://aussiebloke.id.au Aussiebloke]
 
* [http://aussiebloke.id.au/TEST/one.php Cameras including an Austral No. 3] at [http://aussiebloke.id.au Aussiebloke]
*[https://www.flickr.com/photos/heritagefutures/sets/72157636425223173 Wide Angle Rectilinear  4 ¼ X 3 ¼ images with [[Nikon]] D800 ([[Antique Camera Simulator]])
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* [https://www.flickr.com/photos/heritagefutures/sets/72157636425223173 Wide Angle Rectilinear  4 ¼ X 3 ¼] images with [[Nikon]] D800 ([[Antique Camera Simulator]])
  
 
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Baker and Rouse was a maker of photographic materials in Melbourne, Australia, from the late 19th century well into the 20th. Thomas Baker started the company as the Austral Plate Company in 1884. He formed a partnership with John Rouse in 1887; the company was renamed Thomas Baker and Company Laboratory, then Baker and Rouse Australia Laboratory, and finally in 1896 Baker and Rouse Pty Ltd.[1] In the 1890s the company had stores in Melbourne and Adelaide[2] and later also in Sydney and Brisbane.[3] Baker and Rouse merged with Eastman Kodak in 1908, both men remaining as directors.


Cameras

Austral falling-plate detective cameras have been seen in several sizes (No. 1A, No. 3 and No. 3A are listed at various websites)

Lenses

Baker Rouse imported lenses from European manufacturers, including French.[4]

  • 6 x 5 Rapid Symmetrical [5]

French Origin

  • Wide Angle Rectilinear 4 ¼ X 3 ¼ [6]

Notes

  1. Introductory page to the Baker & Rouse collection at Museum Victoria.
  2. See inscription on this 6 x 5 Rapid Symmetrical.
  3. See inscription on this Wide Angle Rectilinear 4 ¼ X 3 ¼.
  4. See inscription on this Wide Angle Rectilinear 4 ¼ X 3 ¼.
  5. See this lens.
  6. See inscription on this lens.


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