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Abel, August Theodor, b. 1802
This chemist, mineralogist and amateur artist had an interest in religious art. A German immigrant, he settled in Ballarat, becoming an active member of the ...
Adamson, James Hazell, b. 1829
This diverse artist practised as a painter, lithographer and professional photographer. His works encompassed portrait, landscape and still life genres. Exhibiting in Adelaide, Melbourne and ...
Adeney, William, b.
Male colonial sketcher who drew landscapes throughout his migration to Australia. He eventually squatted in the Western District of Victoria where he pursued an anthropological ...
Akers, Charles Style, b.
English colonial Royal engineer whose watercolours and drawings of Tasmanian scenery belied his frustration at having received such a far-flung posting. He later painted icebergs ...
Aldridge, Henry
Aldridge was a Melbourne-based professional photographer who not only took photographs but also sold photographs and built photographic equipment from his shop on Queen St ...
Allen, William H.
Colonial Melbourne professional photographer and chemist who was listed in the 1868 Melbourne Directory as a resident of East Collingwood.
Allport, Curzon, b. 1837
Sketcher, amateur photographer and solicitor. Son of artist Mary Morton Allport. Allport was the first president of the Tasmanian Photographic, Science and Art Association, elected ...
Amstel, J. W. Ploos Van, b.
Colonial Dutch Consul-General to Victoria who made watercolour sketches and photographs during his travels around Australia.
Anderson, Canute
Sketcher and designer, in 1867 Anderson designed a memorial for Burke and Wills that was erected in Ballarat, Victoria. A resident of Ballarat for a ...
Anderson, John
Painter, had two oil paintings exhibited in the 1866 Melbourne Intercolonial Exhibition.
Apperly, Henry, b. 1824
Henry Apperly was a sculptor and carver. He may have come to Australia in search of gold, but as of 1854 he hadn't yet found ...
Appleton, George A.
Painter, lithographer and photographic colourist during the 1860s. With Alexander Habbe, Appleton painted transparencies to celebrate the Sydney visit of the Duke of Edinburgh in ...
Archer, Alexander, b. 1828
Member of a large enterprising colonial family which included a number of fellow artists, Archer worked for a number of years for the Bank of ...
Archer, David
Painter and photographic colourist who worked at Colac, Victoria, between 1866 and 1868. Archer advertised his skills as a photographic and miniature painter who would ...
Archer, William, b. 1820
Although best-known as an architect, William Archer was also a talented botanical artist. He assisted Dr Joseph Hooker at Kew Gardens with the 'Florae Tasmaniae' ...
Aresti, Joseph
Painter and lithographer. Aresti brought examples of chromolithographs with him on his arrival to Melbourne in 1857 and exhibited works using this process in the ...
Armstrong,
Mr Armstrong was a professional travelling photographer, who was variously at Avoca in NSW in 1867 and then at Dunolly, Victoria in 1873.
Austin, William
Draughtsman and painter who exhibited his watercolours in Victoria, Queensland and London. Austin witnessed the arrival of the first gold escort and depicted this event ...
Azzopardi, Angelo, b. 1847
Printer from Melbourne in the mid to late 19th century. Azzopardi was also a wood-engraver and a watercolour painter who exhibited his paintings in the ...
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Colonial-era Ballarat cartoonist whose work was published in the Ballarat Punch. His 1867 cartoon 'The sleep of sorrow, the dream of joy' was a parody ...