Colonial photographers
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The list details the some of the names and addresses of various Australian colonial photographers from 1850 onwards.
Alfred Oakey's Portrait Gallery
[1859] 29 Bourke St, Melbourne
Notes: Aug 1859 - retired from business and goods sold at auction
Allen
Mr Charles Allen
[1859] 201 Rundle St, Adelaide
Notes: Dec 1859 - owner leaving colony and assets sold
Alligatorial Photography
[1859] 230 Pitt St, Sydney
American and Australian Daguerreotype Gallery
T S Glaister
[1855-56] 100 Pitt St, Sydney. Importer and dealer. Branch in Brisbane
American Degarrean Gallery
J Gow
[1855] 253 George St, Sydney
Audet
Mr J Audet
[1858] Sydney
Notes: 1858 - regularly travelled to Maitland, Tamworth and New England area
Batchelder and O'Neills Photographic Portrait Rooms
[1857-60] 57 Collins St, Melbourne
Notes: Supplies
Batcheldor
P M Batcheldor
[1856] 37 or 57 Collins St, Melbourne
Batcheldor Brothers
[1858-59] 348 George St, Sydney
Bennett
Mr Wm True Bennett
[1858] George St, Brisbane
Bertenshaw's Photographic Rooms
[1857] Collingwood
Blackwood
W Blackwood
[1859] 16 Wiliam St, Melbourne
Boake
B C Boake
[1857] 3 Swanston St, Melbourne
[1858] 100 Bourke St, Melbourne
Notes: moved in March 1858
Bock
Alfred Bock
[1858] 140 Elizabeth St, Hobart
Bowditch
T Bowditch
[1859] Nicholas St, Ipswich
Brown
Professor R A Brown
[1858] George St, Sydney
Brown
Mr M Brown
[1858] 628 Wilshire Place, Brickfield Hill
[1857] 415 Wilshire Place, Brickfield Hill
Challinor's Photographic Rooms
Mr G M Challinor
[1858-59] Brisbane St, Ipswich
Chandler Brothers
[1859] Singleton
Notes: 2 weeks ony
Cheyen and Scott
[1857] 7 Collins St, Melbourne
Cleverdon's Photographic Gallery
Clapham and Cleverdon
[1857-58] Brisbane St, Launceston
Notes: partnership dissolved in October 1857
Coldrey
Frederick Henry Coldrey
[1860] Ballarat
Notes: Insolvent estate sold in late 1860
CT Sandon and Co
C T Sandon
[1855] 171 George St, Sydney
Notes: Photographic supplies
Cunningham
A Cunningham
[1859] Armidale, NSW
Curtis
A P Curtis
[1858] Perth
Dalton's Collodion Portraits
Mr Dalton
[1856] 245 George St, Sydney
Dalton's Portraits
Mr Dalton
[1857] 243 George St, Sydney
Denslows Photographic Gallery
J W Denslow
[1857] 58 King St, Sydney - moved in July 1857
[1857] 185 George St, Sydney
[1858] 90 King Street, Sydney
[1859] 84 King St, Sydney
Derry's Photographic Portrait Rooms
[1857] 5 Collins St West, Melbourne
Dowling's Chromatype Gallery
Wm Paul Dowling
[1859] Launceston
Duryea
S and M Duryea
[1855-56] Cnr King Willam St, Adelaide
Notes: 1856 - Advertised business for sale stating intention to return home. 1858 - Still advertising in Adelaide. Made country tours
Duryea and McDonald
[1854-55] 3 Great Bourke St and 9 Collins St West, Melbourne
Eames
J G Eames
[1857] Market Square, Illawarra
Fearn's Photographic Rooms
William Fearn
[1858] Beechworth
Flavelle Brothers
[1856] Sydney
Notes: Suppliers
Flintoff's Photographic Portrait Rooms
[1860] Ballarat
Frith
Frederick Frith
[1856] 19 Murray Street, Hobart
[1859] Launceston
Frith
[1859] Sorrell
Notes: Short time only
Frith Brothers
Henry Albert Firth
[1858] Hobart
Notes: Toured country areas
Glaister's Excelsior Photographic Galleries
T S Glaister
[1858-59] 247 Pitt St, Sydney
Glaister's Photographic Depot
Mr Glaister
[1858] 147 Pitt St, Sydney
Golden Grove Photopgraphic Rooms
W H Lamb
[1857] Golden Grove, Adelaide
Notes: 1 week visit
Green
Mr Green
[1856] 385 George St, Sydney
Notes: Retiring from profession
Guy Brothers Photographic Gallery
[1858] 290 George St, Sydney
Haigh
Edward Haigh
[1861] Melbourne
Notes: Arrived in January 1861
Hart
E Hart
[1853] 156 Elizabeth St , Sydney
[1855] 197 George St and 295 George St, Sydney
Hart
Hart
[1854] Northumberland Hotel, West Maitland
Hart
Mr Conway Hart
[1860] 60 Elizabeth St, Melbourne
Hart and Millers Photographic Gallery
[1855-57] West Maitland
Harts
Harts
[1855] Devonshire St, West Maitland
Haselden
H Haselden
[1856] 107 Elizabeth St, Melbourne
Notes: Business advertised for sale in January 1858 - owner returning to England
Haviland's Collodiotype Portrait Gallery
Mr Haviland
[1857-59] Opposite post office, Sydney
Hawkins Portrait Rooms
[1857] 5 Queensbury St, North Melbourne
Heath
Thomas Heath
[1859] Johnstone St, Wagga Wagga
Hetzer
W Hetzer
[1851] Hunter St & Glouchester St, Sydney
[1859] 287 George St, Sydney
Hewitt and Nettleton's
[1860] 91 Bourke St, Melbourne
Hill
Hill
[1858] next post office, Melbourne
Hyam's Photographic Rooms
[1860] 67 Collins St, Melbourne
Insley's Photographic Portraits
Insley
[1859] 328 George St, Sydney
Janes and Baker
[1859] Elizabeth St, Melbourne
Johnston
William Johnston
[1856] St Kilda
Notes: Photographic chemicals and supplies
Johnstone and Wivell Photographers
[1856] 86 Collins St East, Melbourne
Jones
Henry Jones
[1859] Elizabeth St, Melbourne
[1861] 41 Collins St, Melbourne
Jones
R A Jones
[1859] 127 Elizabeth St, Melbourne
Lamb
L Lamb
[1855] Melbourne
Leeson
J D Leeson
[1858] Sale
Liddingtons
J Liddington
[1859] 309 George St, Sydney
Livezey and Alexander
[1855] Melbourne
Madeley
Oswald Thomas Madeley
[1861] Kyneton
Notes: Insolvent estate
McLellend
B McClelland
[1855] Melbourne
Messrs Charlewood and Sons, Printers
J S Barling
[1853] Great Bourke St , Melbourne
Messrs Freeman, Brothers and Wheeler
J Freeman
[1854-58] 231 George St, Sydney
Notes: 1857
Messrs Maurice and Blackwood
Mr Maurice and Mr W Blackwood
[1857] 322 George St, Sydney
Notes: Commenced operation in April 1857, partnership dissolved in June 1857
Miller and Engleharts
[1855] West Maitland
Miss Felton's Photographic Rooms
Miss M Felton
[1859] Pitt St South, Sydney
Miss Wilkinson's Photographic Studio
Miss Wilkinson
[1856] 144 Lonsdale St, Melbourne
Mr Woods Gallery
Mr Wood
[1857] Cnr Bourke and Liverpool Sts, Wooloomooloo
Noone's Photographic Portrait Rooms
[1857-58] 9 Collins St West, Melbourne
Notes: In 1858 spent two months in Talbot taking portrait photographs
[1860] 41 Collins St West, Melbourne
Norrie
J S Norrie
[1850-58] 170 Pitt St, Sydney
Notes: 1858 - advertising chemicals for sale at 341 Pitt St address
Nott
Mrs Nott
[1854] 3 Swanston St, Melbourne
Palmer
Thomas Palmer
[1857] 17 Bridge St, Sydney
Notes: Supplier
Paterson Brothers
[1859] 82 Swanston St, Melbourne
[1860] 141 Bourke St, Melbourne
Notes: Business advertised for sale in May 1860
Pein and Herber
[1856] 192 George St, Sydney
Perry
G W Perry
[1856] 5 Collins St West, Melbourne
[1856] 5 and 9 Collins St West, Melbourne
Notes: 1858 - Business advertised for sale due to ill health
Phillips
Alfred Phillips
[1857] 83 Collins St, Melbourne
[1858] 7 Collins St, Melbourne
Photgraphic Portrait Gallery
Pierre Holster
[1859] Brisbane St, Launceston
Photographic Gallery
[1856] 7 Collins St, Melbourne
Photographic Portrait Gallery
[1856] 7 Collins St, Melbourne
Photographic Portrait Rooms
Mr Elsbee
[1857] Nicholas St, Ipswich
Notes: Commenced operation in June 1857
Photographic Room of Art
J A Tronier
[1857] Fig Tree Hotel, Illawarra
Photographic Skylight Gallery
Mr Insley
[1856-58] 229 George St, Sydney
Notes: 1858 travelled to Port Curtis
Pickering
C Pickering
[1858] Manly Beach
Pickering and Stewart
[1859] Wilshire Place, Brickfield Hill
Plunkett
J H Plunkett
[1858] George St, Sydney
Notes: Working for Mr W Hetzer
Professor Bennett Clay
Professor Bennett Clay
[1857] Launceston
Professor Hall
Professor Hall
[1854-55] North Terrace, Adelaide
[1856-57] 83 Hindley Street, Adelaide
Professor Wood
Professor Wood
[1856] King William St, Adelaide
Reeds Photographic Gallery
[1856] 197 George St, Sydney
Roberts and Witt
W F Roberts and Charles H Witt
[1859] Ryrie St, Geelong
Notes: Partnership dissolved in late 1859
Robinson
W Robinson
[1855] 86 Collins St East, Melbourne
Royal Photographic Portrait Establishment
Mr Dalton
[1858-59] 400 George St, Sydney
Skylight Gallery
Mr Ferris
[1856] Sydney
Notes: Skylight Gallery, next to the General Post Office
Smithers
Mr A Smithers
[1857] Paterson
Notes: 10 day visit to Paterson
Smith's Original Photographic rooms
A V or V Smith
[1859] Main Road, Ballarat
Notes: Business establshed in 1855
Sydney Gallery of Photographic Art
Freeman Brothers
[1856-7] 231 George St, Sydney
[1859] 392 George St, Sydney
The Excelsior Travelling Photographic Saloon
Messrs Bradley and Quinn
[1858] Heildelberg, Melbourne
The London Photographic Saloon
[1859] 230 Pitt St, Sydney
The Royal Photographic Portrait Gallery
Mr Dalton
[1858] 243 George St, Sydney
Thomas Thompson
Thomas Thompson
[1855] Gawler Place, Adelaide
Tuke
Mr C Tuke
[1856] Church St, North Parramatta
Turners Portrait Gallery
[1856] 24 Great Ryrie St, Geelong
Waxworks, Phrenological Museum and Photographic Gallery
Professor Sohier and Mrs Williams
[1858] Melbourne
Wheeler
J Wheeler
[1856] Tarraville
[1858-60] Market Square, Castlemaine
Notes: In 1856 he advertised that his Tarraville rooms would be permanently closed.
Wheeler and Company
Wheeler
[1853] 15 Bridge St and 34 Hunter St, Sydney
[1854-55] 456 George St, Sydney
Williams
Williams
[1855] 197 George Street, Sydney
Williams Gallery
[1857] 4 Collins St, Melbourne
Winter
A Winter
[1861] Bourke St East, Melbourne
Yates
Mr Yates
[1856] 41 King St, Sydney
Notes: Previously at 470 George St