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Addison,
Colonial female art student and a pupil of Charles Hill's, Addison won three prizes at the Society of Arts exhibition in Adelaide in 1862.
Allen, Eliza
Miniaturist, portraitist and professional photographer, is said to have worked for many years as an artist and photographer in Manchester, England. Allen established a miniature ...
Allport, Alice, b. 1840
Sketcher, one of a number of children of artist Henry Curzon Allport. Examples of Alice's work can be found in the Mitchell Library, State Library ...
Allport, Clara Lucilla, b. 1843
One of the many daughters of artist Henry Curzon Allport who also sketched. Examples of her work can be found in the Allport Library and ...
Allport, Mary Louise, b. 1832
Only daughter of sketcher Mary Morton Allport. Minnie Allport's work mainly consisted of delicate watercolours of native Australian flowers, both single specimens and decorative bunches.
Allport, Mary Morton, b. 1806
Painter of landscapes, flowers, natural history studies and portrait miniatures. Allport's etchings, engravings and lithographs were the first to have been made by a woman ...
Anderson, Jane Reed
Sketcher, showed three drawings at the 1866 Melbourne Intercolonial Exhibition including a pastel titled 'The Heart's Misgivings'.
Asche,
Asche exhibited a painted 'Work Table' at the Geelong Mechanics Institute in 1869.
Aston, H. H.
Professional photographer of Hawthorn, Melbourne. Labelled a 'photographic artiste' Aston produced cartes-de-visites that were said to be remarkably well-executed.
Audet, Elizabeth
Wife and presumed business partner of Maitland and Newcastle (NSW) photographer Jacob D. Audet, whom she married in Sydney in 1859.
Avery, Mary Ann, b. 1842
Mary Ann Avery was an amateur sketcher. Her watercolour 'Grafton Preece Street opposite Fisher Park 1860' is in the Clarence River Historical Society (Grafton, NSW).
Badgery, Mary Ann, b. 1814
Marriage and nine sons meant that Mary Ann Badgery never realised her ambitions to establish herself as an art teacher however she painted and exhibited ...
Banks, Elizabeth Lindsay, b. 1849
An educator who brought drawing classes into the curriculum under her charge. Banks was appointed infant mistress at the Public School on Riley St in ...
Barlow, Emily, b. 1836
Sponsored by the London Female Middle Class Emigration Society, Emily Barlow arrived in Melbourne in 1862 with her sister Nancy with the intention of establishing ...
Barney, Henrietta
Lesser known than her sister, the painter Mary Jane Scott, Henrietta nevertheless was a competent sketcher who studied under one of Australia's famous early painters, ...
Barton, Charlotte, b. 1797
Charlotte Barton came to Australia upon her father's death to work as a governess. Two of her daughters went on to become well-known artists but ...
Barton, Emily Mary, b. 1817
Emigrating to Australia in 1839 with her parents, Emily Mary Barton married soon after and lived in rural New South Wales during which time she ...
Bastow,
Miss Bastow was headmistress of a school in Launceston, Tasmania in 1863 where young ladies were given a proper "English" education, including drawing classes.
Bath, Elizabeth
Elizabeth Bath exhibited her paintings and pastels at two exhibitions in Melbourne in 1857 and 1866.
Baxter, Annie Maria, b. 1816
Annie Maria Baxter was a prolific writer who kept meticulous diaries of her life in Australia. Her few surviving drawings are now held at the ...