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