George Bouchier Richardson, sketcher, engraver, watercolourist and editor, 'regretted the necessity which compelled him to join his parents in Australia in 1854, but hoped that ...
Architect, decorator and scene painter. As city architect he designed the present facade and vestibule of the Sydney Town Hall as well as the Woolloomooloo ...
David Beveridge Adamson emigrated to South Australia in 1839. He designed and produced toys, mechanical appliances and scientific instruments, the latter of which he used ...
Pastoralist and member of parliament, John Howard Angas was also a natural history painter. He painted birds, insects, and flowers, but no surviving work is ...
Degotardi, an Austrian ex-pat, arrived in Australia in 1853 and worked in numerous printing houses in Sydney. Later in his career, he became interested in ...
Nineteenth-century American-born photographer who emigrated to Australia. Duryea worked in various states, but mainly South Australia. He became a leading photographer of his day, particularly ...
Henry Tolman Dwight was a professional photographer, bookseller and publisher. In 1858 he advertised in Melbourne Directory as a 'Daguerrean and Photographic artist'. Dwight exhibited ...
Although the goldfields drew Antoine Fauchery to Australia, it is as a writer and photographer that he made most impression, eventually combining both of these ...
Ffarington recorded the natural world of Western Australia and its indigenous inhabitants while serving with the 51st Regiment in Western Australia bewteen 1843-47. His sketches ...
Professional photographer, botanist and businessman, he ran a photographic business in Sydney, 1857-1859. He specialised in coloured collodiotype portraits which resembled painted miniatures on ivory.