Colonial era Melbourne cartoonist, Barnes Snr was a staff artist on 'Melbourne Punch' c.1855-1860 and there is some speculation that either he or his son ...
Despite living mostly in New Zealand, Barraud spent several years in Victoria and in 1854 he exhibited several paintings, all of New Zealand scenes, at ...
Benjamin Pierce Batchelder arrived in Australia with two of his brothers, both fellow photographers, in 1856. He established a successful business in Bendigo where he ...
Given that his brothers were successful professional photographers it is most probable that Freeman Batchelder was also a photographer. The Batchelder brothers were practicing in ...
The eldest of the Batchelder brothers, Perez was undoubtedly instrumental in prompting his siblings to emigrate to Australia, arriving as he did several years before ...
Although seeking his fortune in the Victorian goldfields, Edward La Trobe Bateman instead drifted into work as an illustrator and landscape designer. One of his ...
A committed public servant, John Beaumont held various positions in Hobart Town with the colonial administration. Only one known surviving sketch exists, which is now ...
Born into a privileged family, Beauchamp married an heiress after travelling between England, New Zealand and Victoria for a number of years. They finally settled ...
The Rev. Theodore Beazeley was an avid amateur photography who also taught the craft in evening 'self-improvement' classes in Ipswich, Queensland in the 1850s. One ...
An undervalued member of the fateful Burke and Wills expedition, Ludwig Becker was an accomplished artist and naturalist whose contribution to the expedition has belatedly ...
While Richard Brydes Beechey painted a scene of Lt. Stokes discovering Victoria River, he is not known to have ever visited Australia though he travelled ...
John Valentine Behl emigrated from Germany to New South Wales in about 1857 and worked briefly as a professional photographer in Elizabeth Street, Sydney - ...