Francis Guillemard Simpkinson was a painter, diarist and naval officer. In 1845 at the Hobart Town Art Exhibition, (the first major fine arts exhibition in ...
William Butler Simpson was a sketcher and surveyor. He undertook surveying work in the counties of Bathurst, Wellington, Gordon, Bligh, Lincoln and Ashburton between 1861 ...
Late 19th century Sydney born painter and architect whose work was influenced greatly by East Asian modes of painting and drawing. He travelled and lived ...
Professional photographer and miner, ran a photographic business in the 1850s, acquiring Saul Solomon's reputed collection of 17,000 glass plate negatives in the process. Smith ...
19th century painter, sculptor and civil servant, whose pre-Raphaelite type medallion portraits of several associates and family members were exhibited at the Royal Academy, London. ...
Son of Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Hamilton Smith whose obsession with natural history put upon his son the responsibility to expand his existing collection when young Smith ...
Professional photographer, Brisbane, mid 1850s, owned the Brisbane Daguerrean Gallery. Despite a stirring advertisement for his business in local papers, he moved from central premises ...
Colonial portrait and landscape painter, among the more prominent people he painted were Mr Scott, George Allen MLC and David Jones. Local scenery was also ...
Nephew of James Cook, related to Isaac Smith, the colonial artist painted portraits and the marine. Some of his more accomplished works include two large ...
Amateur photographer and scientist, a professor at the University of Sydney, also active in a number of social issues such as water, tertiary education for ...