[2] Geoffrey Batchen claims that "‘George Bar(r)on Goodman’ is an Anglicised inflection of Gershon Ben Avrahim, the daguerreotypist’s name by birth.

"[1] After buying rights to use the daguerreotype process in the British Colonies from Richard Beard,[3] Goodman set sail from England for Australia.

[5][6] On 12 December he set up the Colony’s first photographic studio on the roof of Sydney's then tallest building,[3] the Royal Hotel, in George Street.

[2] Two weeks later, on 21 January, the Governor, Sir Gerorge Gipps, visited his rooftop studio, and along with his wife Elizabeth, had their likeness taken by Goodman.

[13] Upon arriving in Hobart he found another photographer, Thomas Bock, was advertising the fact that he had the apparatus and skill to take daguerreotypes.

[3] In a letter to the editor of the Hobart Courier, Goodman made it clear he was the only person licensed to take daguerreotypes in Australia.

[15] By November 1843 business was on the wane and Goodman, still in Hobart, was advertising his intention to leave for Kolkata, India and was offering photos at reduced prices.

However it appears he changed his plans so he could execute a series of landscape views of Hobart, a set of which was bought by James Ebenezer Bicheno, Colonial Secretary of Van Diemen's Land.

Examples of Goodman’s work from this period include portraits of Mr Siddons the keeper of the light-house at South Head and Captain Underwood.

[24] By January 1845, Goodman’s new portraits of Dr William Bland, Dr. Bennett, Mr. Mort, and other well-known Sydney-siders could be viewed at a variety of establishments in George-street.

[32][33][34] In November he was involved in a stoush after challenging Dr. Gilbert, Secretary to the Mechanics' Institution, about his intention to take daguerreotype portraits at his property in Eastern Hills, partly because Goodman felt he was still the sole owner of right to use the process.

[42][40][43] On Saturdays Goodman devoted his time to photographing buildings and views, with a particular emphasis on commissioned work for proprietors of houses and businesses.

[49] On 9 June Goodman publicly announced he had sold his interest in his photography business to his brother-in-law Isaack Polack, who had been managing the Castlereagh Street studio for the past three years.