William Ellis b.

  • Artist (Photographer)
A professional photographer and builder who worked as the resident photographer in Ballarat from 1854. His portraits of local characters, views of local scenery, buildings and mining machinery were praised but by 1857 he had disappeared, perhaps returning to building profession.

Citations

  • Tibbits, G. et al., 'Directory of Victorian architects’, manuscript, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Vic.

  • Davies, Alan and 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.

  • Withers, W.B. (1887), 'The History of Ballarat’, rev. edn, 1887 Ballarat, Vic.; facsimile reprint, 1980, Ballarat, Vic.

  • Webber, K., 'Photographers in Ballarat and environs’, manuscript.

  • (c.1855), Miner and Weekly Star, Ballarat, Vic.

Initial data sources

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