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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 ...
Wingate, Thomas, b. 1807
Retired army officer who came to Sydney in 1852. Wingate worked in the media of photography, painting and drawing. He exhibited a photographic panorama of ...
Winkles, Henry, b. 1800
Sketcher. The number and variety of his sketches suggest Winkles had first hand experience of the life of a digger.
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. ...
Wirgman, Charles, b. 1832
English raised Japanese cartoonist and illustrator. It is asserted in some biographies that he worked in Australia during the mid 1850s.
Withers, Anastasia, b. 1825
seamstress, she sewed the Southern Cross flag which flew over the Eureka Stockade throughout the famous battle. The flag was made with the help of ...
Wittenoom, Charles, b. 1824
English born sketcher (attributed) who practiced in Perth during the late 1830s and again from the early 1860s, although it is probable that his uncle ...
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.
Wollaston, John Ramsden, b. 1791
Wollaston is known for the copious personal diaries he kept during his Australian years (1841/1856). These were sent to friends in England and later returned ...
Wood, George
Professional photographer, is listed as working from King William Street, Adelaide, between 1854 and 1856.
Wood, James, b. 1802
Lithographer and public servant, son of James Boteler Wood, arrived at Hobart Town, Van Diemen's Land, in the Lang on 27 July 1824. After marrying ...
Wood, Maurice
Professional photographer, had a studio in George Street, Sydney in 1858/1859 and in Liverpool Street, Woolloomooloo in 1859.
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 ...
Woodforde,
Sketcher, was awarded second prize in the girls' section of the 1858 South Australian Society of Arts' exhibition at Adelaide for her drawing 'Madonna and ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Woolley, Charles Alfred, b. 1834
Charles Alfred Woolley was a professional photographer and sketcher. He was one of the photographers appointed to cover the Hobart Town visit of the Duke ...
Woolner, Thomas
Thomas Woolner was a Pre-Raphaelite sculptor who worked in Australia during the Gold Rush.