Keywords: Bert roberts r.jpg en Albert Edwin Bert Roberts Bert was an Ipswich coachbuilder by trade but a true renaissance man at heart Bert ™s interests included geology music Aboriginal culture nature and the modern technology of the early 1900s His broad interests and love of life are reflected in the many photographs he took Queensland Museum holds over 1000 of Bert Roberts ™ plate glass negatives and prints from the era Additional Information The Roberts family records indicate that Albert Edward Roberts was born in Birmingham England in 1854 Albert married Sarah Ann Hirons in 1875 Edgbaston Country Warwick England They had Six sons Albert Edwin Roberts known as Bert was also born in Birmingham in 1878 William Augustus born 1880 George Henry born 1883 Alfred Horatio born 1887 Norman Victor born 1889Harry Leopold Dunbar born 1891 all born in Ipswich Qld The Roberts family migrated to Queensland Australia in 1880 on board the Dunbar Castle arriving at South Brisbane Bert was a prolific photographer whose work is being shared on Wiki Commons Bert married Florence Sarah Roberts in 1907 They had Five children who led long and interesting lives Norman William 1908 George Alexander 1909 Florence Ivy 1912 and Don John Edwin 1916 Trevor Moreton 1922 did not survive infancy Queensland Museum Creator A E Roberts Digitised by Queensland Museum beginning 1900 The original image is public domain The plate glass negative is owned by Queensland Museum Digitisation of this image is licensed under CC BY SA 3 0 PD-Australia URAA entered in force in the U S QM_Infobox bert roberts r jpg 20th-century deaths People of Queensland Photographers from Australia Black and white photographic portraits of photographers Men wearing hats Bowler hats Glass plate negatives A E Bert Roberts plate glass photo collection Early 20th Century Queensland Black and white self-portrait photographs Queensland Museum Queensland Museum Collections |