Colonial photographers

Need to date old photographs? This 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
  • BATCHELDORP 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
  • BLACKWOODW Blackwood [1859] 16 William 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
  • BOWDITCHT 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
  • DURYEAS and M Duryea [1855-56] Cnr King William 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
  • HETZERW 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
  • LIDDINGTON SJ Liddington [1859] 309 George St, Sydney
  • LIVEZEY AND ALEXANDER [1855] Melbourne
  • MADELEY Oswald Thomas Madeley [1861] Kyneton - Notes: Insolvent estate
  • MCLELLEN DB 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 established 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