Henry Mobsby

Henry Mobsby (1860–1933) was a British/Australian artist and photographer, who helped film some of the earliest motion pictures produced in Australia.

[2] Henry Mobsby married Jenner's eldest daughter Mary Ellen “Nellie” on 10 September 1884 in Brisbane, Queensland.

[3] He became an assistant to Frederick Wills in 1899, who had been charged by the Queensland government to make an early form of motion picture, a cinematograph, celebrating the state's primary industries and resources.

Mobsby's photography gained international recognition when he represented Queensland at the Franco-British Exhibition in London in 1908.

[5] The Mobsby Memorial medal was created in his son's name and awarded to Year 8 students at Indooroopilly State School from 1916 to 1950.

[6][2] Two boxes of his papers, photographs and other materials are held in the University of Queensland Fryer Library and his albums have been digitised.