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The list details the some of the names and addresses of various Australian colonial photographers from 1850 onwards. The search area contains data predominantly for New South Wales and Queensland, however below the search area are some more photographers from the mid 1800s in New South Wales, Victoria and Queensland. This list will be expanded as more data is retrieved.

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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 only

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