This list of photographers in our region has been compiled from local directories and other resources. Source of information on Photographers & Studios - see Bibliography. Links to other "Photographers" web sites are also provided.
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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z
| Photographer / Studio | Location | Dates | Notes | Images / Links |
| AITKEN, John | Breakwater, Geelong | 1889 | ||
| Grovedale, Geelong | 1925 | |||
| ANTOANE, H | 175 Moorabool Street, Geelong | 1935 | ||
| ARCHER, David | Murray Street, Colac | 1866-1875 |
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| ARCHER, David Jnr | Colac | 1881-1891 | ||
| ARNEST, J M | Colac | 1896-1910s | ARNEST & KENT | |
| Gellibrand Street, Colac | 1910s-1920 | |||
| Artograph | 3 McCann Street, Geelong | 1941-1942 | ||
| ATKINSON, | Ryrie Street, Geelong | 1890-1891 | HUTCHINS & ATKINSON | |
| Austral Photographic Studios | 102 Moorabool Street, Geelong | 1901-1906 | ||
| Austral Studios | Grey Street, Hamilton | c.1900 |
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| 102 Moorabool Street, Geelong | 1901-1914 | |||
| 92 Moorabool Street, Geelong | 1914-1916 | |||
| BALLARD, H Benjamin | Burke Street, Smythesdale | 1865-1866 | ||
| BARNES, Robert | Union Street, Geelong | 1866-1867 | ||
| BEAR, William | 60 Moorabool Street, Geelong | mid 1880s |
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| BEHERNS, Gustav | Geelong | 1866-1867 | aka George BEHERNS | |
| BESELER, Alfred E b.c.1874 - d.1954 |
Main Street, Bacchus Marsh | 1903-1925 | ||
| Bacchus Marsh | 1941-1945 | |||
| BLACK & WEBBE | 63 Pakington Street, West Geelong | 1907 | ||
| BLAND, C | Moorabool Street, Geelong | 1926-1933 | ||
| BLOCH, Theodore | Camperdown | 1888-1889 | aka BLOCK |
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| 60 Moorabool Street, Geelong | 1888-1891 | |||
| Murray Street, Colac | 1893-1897 | |||
| BONE, William J | Camperdown | 1934 | ||
| Colac | 1935-1941 | |||
| BOWER | Cobden | c.1900 | ||
| BROOKES, J | Western Districts | early 1890s | BROOKES Photographic Union | |
| BROWN, Howard Francis | 151 Moorabool Street, Geelong | 1920-c.1940 | ||
| BROWN, John W | Camperdown | 1904 | ||
| BUGG, Ernest A | Cobden Road, Camperdown | 1906-1909 |
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| Colac | 1909-1945 | |||
| CHERRY, Ada C | 45 Clarke Street, Chilwell, Geelong | 1878 | amateur photographer | |
| CHIDLEY & Co | High Street, Terang | 1906 | ||
| CHUBB, Rowland | Moorabool Street, Geelong | 1903-1904 | ||
| Moorabool Street, Geelong | 1906 | |||
| Corner Portrait Gallery | Geelong | 1871-1875 1880s-1889 |
see HARVEY & DUNDEN | |
| COOPER | Geelong, Geelong | 1910s | ||
| COOPER, Henry Thomas Loats | Geelong, Geelong | pre 1911 | ||
| Corio Studio | 188 Ryrie Street, Geelong | pre 1900 | ||
| CROWLEY, John A | 34 Fitzroy Street, Geelong | 1918 | ||
| CROWLEY, John P | 75 McKillop Street, Geelong | 1917 | ||
| de BALK, Ernst William Eugene b.c.1839 - d.1870 |
60 & 62 Moorabool Street, Geelong | 1866-1867 | aka von MYLIUS, took over TURNERs Studios |
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| de BEAUREGARD, Charles Adolphus | Mercer Place, Geelong | 1884-1885 | ||
| DIMOND Brothers (Frederick & Louis R) | 75 Yarra Street, Geelong | 1914-1915 | aka DIDMOND & DIAMOND | |
| DUFTY Brothers (Francis, Alfred & Edward) | Colac | Nov 1868 | Travelling photographers | |
| Geelong | Dec 1868 | |||
| DUNDEN | Moorabool Street, Geelong | 1871-1875 | HARVEY & DUNDEN |
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| DURYEA, Theodore & McDONALD, Archibald | Yarra Street, Geelong | 1853-1854 | Skylight Gallery | |
| EASTWOOD, Max | Moorabool Street, Geelong | by 1942 to at least 1973 | operating Robert POCKLEY Studio in 1973 | |
| Malop Street, Geelong | ||||
| Eden Photo Studios | Geelong | c.1912 | ||
| Elite Studios | Geelong | 1897-1904 | see William Henry WATTS | |
| EVANS, | Geelong | 1927-1928 | GREENHAM & EVANS | |
| Geelong Portrait Gallery | 31 Malop Street, Geelong | 1865-1886 | see WILMOT & KEY / George C WILMOT | |
| George Leake Studio | 102 Moorabool Street, Geelong | 1891-1896 | LEAKE, George (Studio) or WATTS, Wm H | |
| GREENHAM & EVANS | Geelong | 1927-1928 | ||
| GRUBE, John Henry | Queenscliff | 1860 | aka John Henry HOBART | |
| HARVEY & DUNDEN | Moorabool Street, Geelong | 1871-1875 | Corner Portrait Gallery |
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| HARVEY, Alfred Harold | Moorabool Street, Geelong | 1871-1875 | HARVEY & DUNDEN Corner Portrait Gallery |
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| Geelong | 1880-1881 | |||
| Moorabool Street, Geelong | 1888-1889 | |||
| HATCH, A H | 102 Moorabool Street, Geelong | 1901-1906 | Austral Photographic Studios | |
| HEATH, "Frisky" | Werribee | 1900s | ||
| HEATH, J | Queenscliff | 1899 | ||
| HEWITT, George H | Colac | 1899-1900 | ||
| HINITT, Dennis (Studio) | 28 Malop Street, Geelong | c.1972 | ||
| HOBART, John Henry | Queenscliff | 1860 | aka John Henry GRUBE | |
| HOLLICK, Miss Ruth | Western District | 1908-1909 | travelling photographer | |
| HUSBAND, Thomas | Moorabool Street, Geelong | 1854 | ||
| HUTCHINS & ATKINSON | Ryrie Street, Geelong | 1890-1891 | ||
| ILSLEY, David | 170 Ryrie Street, Geelong | 1920 | aka ISLEY | |
| Ivon Studios | 44 Malop Street, Geelong | 1942-1945 | ||
| JARRATT, Albert Ellingworth b.c.1886 - d.1962 |
Lorne | 1912-1945 | ||
| JOHNSON & Co | Malop Street, Geelong | 1856 | ||
| JOHNSON, Charles E | Market Street, Geelong | 1855 | JOHNSON & Co | |
| Malop Street, Geelong | 1856 | |||
| JOHNSON, W E | Derrinallum | 1914 | ||
| KENT, Thomas | Mortlake | 1899 | ||
| Colac | 1900s | |||
| KEY, William b.1844 - d.1893 |
31 Malop Street, Geelong | 1865-1886 | WILMOT & KEY Geelong Portrait Gallery |
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| KNIGHT | Malop Street, Geelong | 1861 | ||
| KNOX | Camperdown | 1884-1885 | ||
| KRUGER, Fred b.1831 - d.1888 |
Geelong | 1878 | Won Gold Medal in Geelong in 1879. 1877-1883 travelling photographer. |
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| Batesford & Barrabool Hills | 1879 | |||
| Queenscliff | 1881 | |||
| Werribee Park | 1882 | |||
| Lonsdale | 1883 | |||
| Western District | n.d. | |||
| Skene Street, Geelong | 1887-1888 | |||
| La MOILE, F | Yarra Street, Geelong | 1856 | ||
| LEAKE, George | 102 Moorabool Street, Geelong | 1889-1890 |
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| LEAKE, George (Studio) | 102 Moorabool Street, Geelong | 1891-1894 | William H WATTS, manager | |
| LOCKWOOD, G | Geelong | 1914 | ||
| LOCKWOOD, J | Geelong | c.1908 | Lockwood Studios |
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| 102 Moorabool Street, Geelong | 1912 | |||
| 92 Moorabool Street, Geelong | 1917-1931 | |||
| LOCKWOOD, J P | 136 Ryrie Street, Geelong | 1932-1945 | ||
| LONG, Percival | 15 Ryrie Street, Geelong | 1918 | ||
| Barwon Heads | 1925-1932 | |||
| MADELEY, Oswald T | Ondit (Beeac) | cdv | Travelling photographer MADELEY Portrait Rooms |
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| Smythesdale | 1873 | |||
| Rokewood | 1891 | |||
| Birregurra | 1892 | |||
| MARSHALL, Charles John Peter | 2 O'Connell Street, West Geelong | 1901-1915 | Photo taken 1917 : Municipal Picnic, Barwon Heads | |
| C/- Mrs Nash, Grocer, Mercer Street, Geelong | 1917 | |||
| MASSINGHAM, George b.c.1850 - d.1931 |
Geelong | 1886 |
1887: Moorabool Street (over Franks' Corner) |
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| Moorabool Street, Geelong | 1887-1889 | |||
| 169 Moorabool Street, Geelong | 1891-1897 | |||
| Latrobe Terrace, Geelong | 1898-1899 | |||
| 28 Latrobe Terrace, Newtown | 1901 | |||
| 26 Latrobe Terrace, Newtown | 1901-1902 | |||
| MATHEWS, William | Moorabool Street, Geelong | 1875 | ||
| MATHEWS, William T | Geelong | 1875-1880 | ||
| MATTHEWS & Co | 60 Moorabool Street, Geelong | 1880-1881 |
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| MATTHEWS & McGILL | 60 Moorabool Street, Geelong | 1875 |
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| McALPINE, Thomas William | Portarlington | 1877 | ||
| Queenscliff | 1877 | |||
| Geelong | 1878 | |||
| near Meredith | 1878 | |||
| McDONALD, Archibald | Yarra Street, Geelong | 1853-1854 | Skylight Gallery DURYEA & McDONALD |
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| McGILL, Miss | 60 Moorabool Street, Geelong | 1875 | MATTHEWS & McGILL | See MATTHEWS & McGILL for images |
| MELROSE, A W | 170 Ryrie Street, Geelong | 1915-1918 | ||
| MEYER Brothers | Lower Malop Street, Geelong | 1926-1929 | Frank MEYER | |
| Lower Malop Street, Geelong | 1930-1937 | |||
| MEYER, Fred | Spring Street, Geelong | 1899 |
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| Murray Street, Colac | 1901-1913 | |||
| MICHEL, Louis J | Colac | 1899 | ||
| Manifold Street, Camperdown | 1900-1903 | |||
| MILLIST, Robert William | Rokewood | 1898 | ||
| MONTEATH, Fred | Ryrie Street, Geelong | 1893-1896 | New Studio | |
| Natural Photographic House | 56 Ryrie Street, Geelong | 1942-1943 | ||
| NERMAN, John S | Lorne | 1899-1900 | ||
| NETTLETON, Charles | Geelong | 1862 | travelling photographer Initially worked for DURYEA & McDONALD |
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| New Studio | Ryrie Street, Geelong | 1893-1896 | Fred MONTEATH | |
| NOCK, Redmond J | 173 Moorabool Street, Geelong | 1917 | ||
| NORMAN, John S | Lorne | 1884-1900 | ||
| NORTON, John | Little Market Street, Geelong | 1857-1858 | also travelling photographer |
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| York House, Little Malop Street, Geelong | 1861-1891 | |||
| Market Street, Geelong | 1874 | |||
| Market Square, Geelong | 1875 | |||
| Western District | 1875 | |||
| Colac | 1875 | |||
| South Barwon | n.d. | |||
| Malop Street, Geelong | 1891 | |||
| Noble Street, Geelong | 1899 | |||
| ORMEROD, Lionel | Pakington Street, Newtown | 1861 | ||
| Market Square, Geelong | 1865 | |||
| Moorabool Street, Geelong | 1866-1867 | |||
| Thomas Street, Geelong | 1868 | |||
| P & T Photos | Geelong | 1918 | ||
| POCKLEY, Robert | 132a Moorabool Street, Geelong | by 1942 to at least 1973 | 1973 - Max EASTWOOD operating the studio |
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| Malop Street, Geelong | ||||
| PODGER, Miss Ethel b.c.1890 - d.1951 |
Camperdown | 1927-1945 | ||
| POLLOCK, A | Queenscliff | late 1920s | ||
| POTTER, Horace Leslie S b.c.1882 - d.1965 |
89 Ryrie Street, Geelong | 1920-1925 | ||
| 90 Ryrie Street, Geelong | 1926-1942 | |||
| Premier Studio | 18 Malop Street, Geelong | 1891-1923 | George Clarke WILMOT | |
| Press Studios | 95a Ryrie Street, Geelong | 1941-1942 | . | |
| Rialto Studios | Malop Street, Geelong | 1937 | ||
| ROBERTS's Portrait Gallery | Moorabool Street, Geelong | 1870s | over Franks' Corner Possibly Jonah ROBERTS? |
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| ROBERTS, Jonah | Malop Street, Geelong | 1866-1867 | ||
| ROBERTS, T W | Moorabool Street, Geelong | 1861 | ||
| ROBERTS, William Francis | Moorabool Street, Geelong | 1861 | formerly of Ryrie Street |
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| Market Square, Geelong | c.1862 | |||
| ROBERTSON, Hector | Beech Forest | 1912 | ||
| ROCHLITZ, Julius Albert | Moorabool Street, Geelong | 1854 | Daguerreotype Rooms | |
| SERGERBERG, Albert O | Colac | 1932-1935 | ||
| SHERIDAN, W S | Camperdown | 1920s | ||
| SHERIDAN, Walter | Cobden Street, Camperdown | 1910-1912 | Camperdown Photographic Studios |
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| Camp Street, Camperdown | 1912-1927 | |||
| SIMPSON, Charles Cheney b.c.1835 - d.1892 |
Queenscliff | 1868 | SIMPSON was a Chemist in Queenscliff | Biography |
| Skylight Gallery | Yarra Street, Geelong | 1853-1854 | See DURYEA & McDONALD | |
| SPARKE, Archibald Kinnear | 40 half Yarra Street, North Geelong | 1858 | ||
| STANESBY, Robert Ridley b.c.1862 - d.1941 |
Moorabool Street, Geelong | 1895-1896 | Biography | |
| STANESBY, Robert Ridley Jnr b.c.1887 - d.1961 |
Malop Street, Geelong | 1930-1932 | It appears that Robert Ridley STANESBY Jnr was the photographer operating 1930-1932. | Biography |
| Star Portrait Co | 190 Ryrie Street, Geelong | 1893 | ||
| STEELE, Thomas | Terang | 1910-1923 | ||
| SUTHERLAND, James W | Bacchus Marsh | 1910s | ||
| TAYLOR, Richard | 16 Great Ryrie Street, Geelong | 1866-1868 | ||
| THOMPSON, Richard Q | Queenscliff | 1927-1928 | ||
| Queenscliff | 1937-1938 | |||
| TURNER, Joseph | 24 Ryrie Street, Geelong | 1856 |
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| 60 Moorabool Street, Geelong | 1857-1864 | Turner & Co. | ||
| 66 Moorabool Street, Geelong | 1865-1867 | TURNER's New Portrait Rooms | ||
| Latrobe Terrace, Geelong | 1867-1869 | |||
| von MYLIUS, Ernst William Eugene b.c.1839 - d.1870 |
60 & 62 Moorabool Street, Geelong | 1866-1867 | aka de BALK | |
| WASHBOURNE, H | Melbourne Road, Geelong West | 1904 | ||
| WASHBOURNE, Thomas Jeston | Geelong | 1869 | ||
| Melbourne Road, Geelong West | 1875-1880 | |||
| North Geelong | 1888 | |||
| WATT | 132a Moorabool Street, Geelong | 1937-1945 | Telfer Studio Robert POCKLEY was operating from this address in the 1950s |
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| WATTS, William Henry b.c.1865 - d.1917 |
Geelong | 1886- | Assistant to George MASSINGHAM |
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| 102 Moorabool Street, Geelong | 1891-1896 | mgr, George LEAKE Studio | ||
| Geelong | 1897-1904 | Elite Studios | ||
| Corio Street, Geelong | 1899 | |||
| WATTS, William Henry Jnr b.c.1889 - d.1943 |
145 Ryrie Street, Geelong | 1898-1912 | Biography | |
| 123 Ryrie Street, Geelong | 1913-1919 | |||
| WEBBE, | 63 Pakington Street, West Geelong | 1907 | BLACK & WEBBE | |
| WELSH, W B | Little Malop Street, Geelong | 1928 | ||
| WILLETTS, George A b.c.1841 - d.1909 |
161 Moorabool Street, Geelong | 1889-1909 | WILLETTS Photo Studio WILLETTS Art Studio |
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| WILLETTS, Percy Edwin Horace b.1880 - d.1954 |
161 Moorabool Street, Geelong | 1909-1913 |
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| 151 Moorabool Street, Geelong | 1914-1919 | |||
| 28 Malop Street, Geelong | 1926-1927 | |||
| WILMOT & KEY | 31 Malop Street, Geelong | 1865-1886 | George C WILMOT & William KEY WILMOT & KEY name may have continued after 1886 however William KEY left the partnership in 1887 |
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| WILMOT, George Clarke b.c.1843 - d.1923 |
31 Malop Street, Geelong | 1865-1886 | WILMOT & KEY Geelong Portrait Gallery |
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| Fyans Street, Geelong | 1888-1890 | |||
| 18 Malop Street, Geelong | 1891-1923 | Premier Studio | ||
| WILSON, Lawrence | Geelong | mid 1950s | . |
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| WINCHESTER, Mrs T C | 190 Ryrie Street, Geelong | 1899-1900 | ||
| WOOD, G S | 143 Ryrie Street, Geelong | 1920-1921 | ||
| 17 Little Ryrie Street, Geelong | 1922-1923 | |||
| WOOD, John | Geelong | n.d. | ||
| WOODS, G M | Geelong | 1925-1929 | Miss M WOODS & G M WOODS | |
| WOODS, G M | 142 Moorabool Street, Geelong | 1930-1935 | G S & G M WOODS | |
| WOODS, M | 142 Moorabool Street, Geelong | 1930-1935 | G S & G M WOODS | |
| WOODS, M | 76 Malop Street, Geelong | 1936-1940 1941-1945 |
aka WOOD | |
| YEOMAN, Charles | 102 Moorabool Street, Geelong | 1900 | ||
| ZABLUD, R | 3 McCann Street, Geelong | 1940 | ||
- Barrie, Sandy, Australians Behind the Camera: Directory of Early Australian Photographers, 1841 to 1945, published by author, Queensland, 2002.
- Brownhill, Walter Randolph, The History of Geelong and Corio Bay, with postscript 1955-1900 (by Ian Wynd), Geelong Advertiser, Geelong, 1990.
- Davies, Alan & Stanbury, Peter, The Mechanical Eye in Australia: Photography 1841-1900, Oxford University Press, Melbourne, reprinted 1986.
- Directories : various commercial, trade & post office directories.
- Information provided by members of the Geelong & District Mailing List.
- Information provided by the Queenscliffe Historical Museum.
- Marcel Safier, photographic historian, Annerley, Queensland.
- 'Photographers of Geelong', Geelong Family History Group and Geelong Heritage Centre.
Other Useful Links : Photographers in Australia, UK and Worldwide
- Marcel Safier - Photographic Historian & Collector
- The Gem & Carte de Visite Tintype
- Photographers of Great Britain & Ireland 1840-1940
- Photographic Studios in some parts of England and Wales in 1868 (plus others)
- London Photographers
- Worldwide : books, websites etc.