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Adamson, David Beveridge, b. 1823
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 ...
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Davidson, Bessie, b. 1879
Originally from Adelaide and a student and friend of Margaret Preston, Bessie Davidson was a very successful artist. She spent the majority of her life ...
Diederich, Edmund, b. 1854
Trained in lithography and photography in Germany, Edmund Diederich emigrated to South Australia in 1881. He worked for a short time in Adelaide before pursuing ...
Armstrong, Elizabeth Caroline, b. 1860
South Australian-born painter and teacher, Amstrong alternated between Adelaide and England. Following her death a fund was started to establish the Elizabeth Armstrong Memorial Library ...
Esam, Arthur
Colonial era Adelaide newspaper illustrator. Esam drew old-time coaching scenes for 'Frearson's Weekly.'
Essam, Arthur, b. 1850
Painter and illustrator, drover, surveyor and explorer who arrived in Victoria in 1870.
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Farndell, Francis, b. 1831
Francis Farndell was a professional photographer and storekeeper. He was older brother of Edward Farndell, also a photographer. The two are not known to have ...
Ball, George Arnold, b. 1868
Following his occupation as a school teacher at Crystal Brook in South Australia’s north, George Arnold Ball embarked on a career as a photographer. He ...
Hambidge, Alice, b. 1869
South Australian painter, known especially for her watercolours and pastel portraits of public figures and children. Alice's watercolour miniatures on ivory were in great demand ...
Hardie, Fred
Nineteenth-century photographer; he recorded the major buildings and landmarks in the main regional and metropolitan centres.
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Cazneaux, Harold, b. 1878
Cazneaux was the leader of Australian Pictorialist photography in the first half of the 20th century. The soft focussed beauty of his images helped a ...
Cardell, Edmund Charles Henry Boys
Professional photographer of the firm Cornock & Cardell, Adelaide. Also worked in South Australia and Queensland.
Heysen, Hans, b. 1877
German-born, Adelaide-based painter. Probably more than any other artist, Hans Heysen changed the way Australia saw the gum tree, as for many, many years his ...
Ashton, James, b. 1859
Influential Federation era Adelaide painter, illustrator and art teacher. Ashton, the father of painter Will Ashton, is best known for establishing the Academy of Arts, ...
Cavanagh, James Charles, b. 1874
James Charles Cavanagh was born in 1874. He was an architect who exhibited with the West Australian Society of Arts in 1896. Cavanagh and his ...
I'Anson, Jessie Cowley, b. 1889
Daughter of Jessie Rebecca Cowley, was taught needlework and lacemaking from a very young age. Along with her mother and sister, helped support the family ...
Chinner, John Henry, b. 1865
Federation era Adelaide cartoonist, branch manager and local politician.
Hood, John, b. 1839
Painter and professional photographer, was born in England and arrived in Adelaide in 1863 as an indentured employee of Townsend Duryea. Later he ran his ...
Jefferson, Joseph, b. 1829
Joseph Jefferson was a landscape and scene-painter and an actor. He was born in 1829 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Jefferson made his stage debut when he ...