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