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Wilshire, William Pitt, b. 1807
Native colonial whose claim to fame as first-born Australian artist belied the fact he took up landscape only because of the threat of photography to ...
Wilson, Ralph, b. 1827
English colonial architect and watercolourist who designed half of Melbourne while continuing to paint despite one critic describing his art as curry powder and mouldy ...
Wilson, William John, b. 1833
Scene painter and stage designer for various London and Sydney based theatre companies. Wilson also painted Australian coastal scenes, rural English landscapes and views in ...
Wilson, William George, b. 1849
Painter, exhibited with the Queensland Art Society from 1892 to 1913.
Winston, Charles Edward, b. 1825
Charles Edward Winston was a wood-engraver. He arrived in Adelaide from London in 1851. Winston worked in South Australia, Victoria, New Zealand and New South ...
Winter, Alfred, b. 1837
Alfred Winter was a sketcher and professional photographer. He exhibited at the 1866 Melbourne Intercolonial Exhibition and was awarded an honourable mention for his work. ...
Withers, Walter, b. 1854
The English born painter Walter Withers is known for his moody landscapes of the Victorian landscape around Heidelberg, Eaglemont and Creswick. In the brotherhood of ...
Wivell, Edward James
A professional photographer and dancing teacher from 1869 until 1893. Wivell also became the proprietor of Adelaide's leading commercial art gallery in the 1880s.
Woodbury, Walter Bentley, b. 1834
Trained as a civil engineer, Woodbury honed his photography skills on the goldfields of Melbourne before making his way as a professional photographer to Indonesia ...
Woodhouse, Frederick, b. 1820
Woodhouse became best known for painting every Melbourne Cup winner for more than thirty years, from 1861. During a long, successful and prolific career, he ...
Woodhouse, Herbert James, b. 1858
Late colonial period Melbourne painter, illustrator, printmaker and sculptor, is buried in Geelong Cemetery, Victoria.
Woodhouse, W. J.
Late colonial period Adelaide cartoonist and illustrator, member of the Woodhouse family.
Woods, Julian Edmund Tenison, b. 1832
Scientist and Roman Catholic priest, Woods was skilled at detailed sketches of his specimens and often sent them in with his scientific publications. His ecclesiastical ...
Woodward, Arthur Thomas, b. 1865
Arthur Thomas Woodward was a painter and art teacher. He introduced the teaching of crafts to the School of Art and Design at the Bendigo ...
Woolcott, Charles Henry, b. 1821
Painter and public servant, was born in Exeter, England. In 1832 he accompanied his parents to Sydney, where he began to work with the City ...
Woolf, M.
Late colonial period Bulletin cartoonist.
Wran, Thomas Vallance
Thomas Vallance Wran carved the Royal Coat of Arms on the Chief Secretary's Building in 1876. He also carved the faces in the keystones of ...
Wray, E. M.
Late colonial period Brisbane political cartoonist. Possibly the cartoonist "Monte" Scott.
Wright, James
Professional photographer, worked at Singleton, New South Wales, between 1867 and 1891.
Wright, Thomas, b. 1830
Thomas Wright was a painter, professional photographer and prospector. According to William Moore, Wright was a pupil of the popular English landscape painter and Royal ...