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Fereday, Susan, b. 1810
A watercolourist who lived predominantly in Tasmania. Fereday was also a natural history enthusiast and an accomplished collector who worked with Professor W.H Harvey of ...
Fern, Matthew, b. 1831
Matthew Fern was a woodcarver of exceptional skills who flourished in Queensland during the second half of the nineteenth century. It is difficult to extract ...
Ferres, John, b. 1818
A skilled sketcher and printer Ferres was appointed government printer of Victoria in 1851 and received a decoration from the French government for his printing ...
Ferris, Thomas D.
A professional photographer who opened a Daguerrean Gallery in Launceston in 1855 and worked later in Melbourne and Bendigo, Victoria.
Field, Henry, b.
A professional photographer who came to Victoria from England in the mid 1850s, presumably - and unsuccessfully - in search of gold. In the late ...
Finch, Joshua, b. 1834
Joshua Finch emigrated from England to Australia in 1849 on the 'John Henderson'. Based at Gawler, north of Adelaide, he was a professional photographer listed ...
Finlay,
A painter who was said in November 1867 to have painted 'some very handsome transparencies' for the forthcoming Victorian visit of the Duke of Edinburgh.
Finucane, W.
Colonial era Queensland cartoonist. Finucane was a member of the Ipswich Punch Society of gentlemen before being appointed Recording Clerk at Bourketown in mid-1867.
Fisher, Alice, b. 1844
Probably a sketcher, possibly a watercolourist as well, Alice Fisher was born into the illustrious Wentworth dynasty. She was the granddaughter of William Charles Wentworth ...
Fitzgerald, Robert David, b. 1830
Fitzgerald was a prolific botanical illustrator. His plates in Australian Orchids (1875-1894) brought him international fame. He also produced drawings of native flowers and ladybirds.
Fitzpatrick, Michael, b. 1816
Fitzpatrick contributed an untitled pen-and-ink drawing to the 1867 Paris Universal Exhibition but is thereafter thought that he only continued to sketch as a hobby. ...
Fitzsimmons, John J.
For at least seventeen years John Fitzsimmons plied his craft as an engraver and printer in the city of Sydney. He had success enough to ...
Flatow, Joseph
Joseph Flatow was a professional photographer who was working in Melbourne in the 1860s.
Flavelle, John, b. 1816
Although he trained as an optician, John Flavelle apparently had the aptitude to earn his living as a photographer, watchmaker, jeweller and general importer. Flavelle ...
Flexman, T. W.
A sketcher and carver who drew a pen-and-ink copy of one of Gustave Doré's illustrations to Tennyson's Elaine in 1867 and carved a large elaborately ...
Flinn,
A sketcher who gave her address as Queensberry Street, Melbourne, when she showed an untitled 'crayon' drawing at the 1861 Victorian Exhibition.
Flintoff, Thomas, b. 1809
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. ...
Flodin, Thomas
A professional photographer who worked in Sturt Street, Ballarat, in 1866-67 and had a studio in Swanston Street, Melbourne, in 1884.
Fogg, Sarah Ann, b. 1829
Sarah Ann Fogg lived variously in Germany, Italy, South Africa and Tasmania and had many opportunities for studying the great Western works of Europe. It ...
Foljambe, Cecil George Savile, b. 1846
A naval officer who served in the Pacific 1864-1867 and published an account of the perils and adventures he faced complete with maps and drawings. ...