The adventurous Flintoff travelled in North America before reaching Melbourne, via Mexico and the Society Islands. This voyage formed the subject of his later paintings. ...
A Melbourne photographer who exhibited a set of photographs of colonial scenery, coloured by George Alexander Gilbert, at the 1861 Victorian Exhibition.
Early 20th century painter and newspaper cartoonist who resided in Wellington, NZ, Melbourne and Sydney. Glover artistic skills first came to attention while working as ...
Griffin was a sketcher, policeman, gold commissioner and murderer. He married and deserted a wealthy widow in Victoria in 1857. In 1867 Griffin robbed the ...
Thomas Griffiths was a travelling photographer. In 1867 he was charged with stealing '2 cameras, 2 lenses, and stands' from Henry Kerr. No arrest, however, ...
Engraver, lithographer, professional photographer, cartographer and publisher, arrived in Melbourne in 1842 and began to produce maps and other official documents for the Victorian government. ...
Painter, sketcher, signwriter and draughtsman, Harford accompanied Samuel Stutchbury and William Curtis on their geological and mineralogical survey of New South Wales in 1850-54.
Painter and professional photographer, worked in Melbourne between 1855 and 1869. He produced portraits in every known photographic medium and he also painted miniatures on ...
Blacksmith, gold prospector and sketcher, born in England, he arrived at Geelong in 184. In 1851 he made the first significant discovery of gold in ...
Thomas (Tom) Humphrey was a painter and photographer. He studied at the National Gallery Schools in Melbourne. In the late 1880s Humphrey was a member ...
Nineteenth century professional photographer, surveyor and engineer, he produced photographs of 'the sunburnt countenances' of goldrush diggers after migrating to Victoria in 1853.
Douglas Thomas Kilburn was a professional photographer. His practice was extremely successful, despite advertising that he worked slowly, was expensive, opened only between 11 and ...
Professional photographer, his photographic studio was listed in directories from 1858 to 1868 at Richmond, Victoria, before moving to East Melbourne. Focused on portraiture, and ...
Lyttleton painted mostly racehorse portraits. He was a foundation member of the Victorian Academy of Arts and exhibited ten oils at the first and second ...
Colonial publican who drew his cricket club while waiting for his pub to be licensed. His drawing style has been criticised as too English, although ...
Colonial male police photographer and watchmaker who took the infamous photographs of the Kelly gang captured, including images of the charred remains of several of ...