Henry Rielly established his career and reputation in Victoria but his work took on an added signficiance when he came to live in regional Queensland ...
An incredibly diverse artist who demonstrated skills in a wide array of materials and styles. After arriving in Victoria from New Zealand, Scott flirted with ...
Montagu Scott arrived in Melbourne in the late 1850s and ran a photographic studio before illustrating the Melbourne Punch. He later moved to Sydney where ...
Thomas A.Sealy was a muralist, monumental carver and stonemason. He drank heavily and local oral tradition holds that he paid his bills by painting murals.
Catherine Elizabeth (Kate) Sheppard was mainly known as a portrait painter, although she also painted altar pieces. In 1869 she gained public recognition for her ...
Colonial photographer and master mariner, awarded a silver medal for his photographs at the Calcutta International Exhibition in 1885. His photographic career included some unusual ...
Colonial-era Brisbane painter and cartoonist. Thomas and William Macleod were the first cartoonists to join Queensland Punch and Thomas designed the magazine's fist cover in ...
Learnt photography in his father's Hobart studio, W. Thwaite jnr embarked on his own solo career touring every existing Australian colony from 1860 to 1888.
A professional photographer, Tullett worked across a number of cities and states around Australia. In 1863 he is believed to have been in partnership with ...
Along with James Murray, Welch was the expedition photographer for the Victorian government relief party to the Burke and Wills expedition in 1861. Welch had ...
Male colonial Queensland pioneer tabloid photographer who had a knack for shooting murderers before they had committed their crimes, and a habit of selling copies ...