Emily Florence Kate O'Shannessy b. c.1840s

Also known as Miss Emily Florence Kate O'Shaughnessy, E. F. K., Mrs Emily Hasler
  • Artist (Photographer)
A professional photographer, born in Ballinasloe, Ireland. She was a founding name partner in Melbourne's leading photographic firm of Johnstone, O'Shannessy (sic) & Co. (1864-93). She seems to have been overshadowed professionally by her flamboyant colleague. She left around 1870 and married George Hasler in 1871. George took over operations from Emily, so she could have the children.
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Citations

  • Davies, Alan & Stanbury, Peter (1985), 'The Mechanical Eye in Australia: Photography 1841-1900’, Melbourne, VIC.

  • Cato, J. (1955), 'The Story of the Camera in Australia’, Melbourne, VIC.

  • Hall, B. & Mather, J. (1986), 'Australian Women Photographers 1840 1940’, Richmond, VIC.

  • Willis, Anne-Marie (1988), 'Picturing Australia: A History of Photography’, Sydney, NSW.

  • Information sourced from Hall, Barbara.

  • Information sourced from Thomson, Joyce A.

See also

  • 'Edmund Barton, 1898, alumen print, NLA PIC P925.'.
  • 'John Higgins senior and Mary Alice Higgins (nee Morrison), c.1895, two cartes-de-visite, NLA P666 and P667'.
  • 'Officers of the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science, Melbourne meeting, 1890, albumen print, NLA PIC P676'.

Initial data sources

  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870