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PHOTORIA

AUSTRALIAN WOMEN BEHIND THE LENS

1850 – 1950

SILVERLOCK, AMY

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A standing woman is posed leaning against a chair. She wears a gold necklet around her neck and has a red rose in her décolletage. This cdv was taken at the George Richards studio in Ballarat around the time that Amy Silverlock worked there. Hand-coloured carte de visite c.1870s, Photoria Collection.

A wedding photograph of a young couple. Hand-coloured carte de visite likely to have been the work of Amy Silverlock. Photograph taken at George Richards’ studio, Bendigo, c1870s. Photoria Collection.

Reverse of a wedding photograph of a young couple. Hand-coloured carte de visite likely to have been the work of Amy Silverlock. Photograph taken at George Richards’ studio, Ballarat, c1870s. Photoria Collection.

SARGENT, MYRA

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View of Wynyard, Tasmania by Myra Sargent of Sargent’s Studio. B&W, 14cm x 8.8cm. Source: Photoria Collection

Reverse of View of Wynyard, Tasmania by Myra Sargent of Sargent’s Studio. B&W, 14cm x 8.8cm. Source: Photoria Collection

The Weekly Courier, 16 August 1917, pg 22. Centre left, Nos 5 and 6. The medal awarded to a Wynyard man for bravery on the French battlefield. Photographed by Myra Sargent. Libraries Tasmania

ROPER, AGNES

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Portrait of young woman. c1910s. B&W photograph 5.3cm x 3.8cm, mounted on decorative cream mount with oval centre frame 9.5cm x 7.6cm. Photoria Collection

Weekly Courier, 6 July, 1911, pg 22 and 23. Page 22: Top left corner: Prize Set at Poster Ball; Page 23: Top right corner: Late Mr W Norris. Libraries Tasmania

Weekly Courier, 19 Nov 1914, pg 21. Top left corner: Convent Fife and Drum Band. Libraries Tasmania

Weekly Courier, 26 Aug, 1915, pg 19. Centre right: Australia Day at Devonport. North-Western Tasmania. Libraries Tasmania

Weekly Courier, 16 Aug, 1917, pg 22. Photography no 3: Miss Jean Ritchie of Devonport. Libraries Tasmania

Weekly Courier, 1 Aug 1918, pg 18. Bottom right: Found on a French battlefield. Taken by Arslonga but sitter not known. Libraries Tasmania

Portrait of lady (Mrs Ritchie?) holding Reginald Stewart Ritchie (aged three months). Taken at Arslonga Studio, Devonport, TAS in October 1915. QVMAG, Launceston, TAS. QVM:1998:P:0794

Portrait of Noreen, David, Cyril and Ellen Barratt. Taken at Arslonga studio, Devonport, Tasmania, June 1916(?) In front of them are two dolls “Billy” and “Betty”. Black and white postcard, QVMAG, Launceston, TAS. QVM:1999:P:0104

REINERS, JANET

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Portrait of toddler standing by a chair, taken by Janet Reiners, May 1922. Postcard, 13.4cm x 8.4cm. Photoria Collection

Portrait of a toddler, Jean Barrie, taken by Janet Reiners, December 1923, in her Renmark Studio. B&W postcard, 13.4com x 8.4 cm. Ohotoria Collection.

Portrait of a toddler standing in front of a table, his toy bull behind him. B&W photographer taken by Janet Reiners c1920s. Photograph 13.8cm x 9.8cm mounted on dark brown card 22.3cm x 14.4cm. Photoria Collection

Photograph of a wedding party taken by Janet Reiners in 1925 at her studio. Warm-toned, B&W photograph, 15cm x 11.1cm mounted onto textured mount board 22.8cm x 19.9cm. Photoria Collection

Photograph of a football team taken by Janet Reiners, on 1 August 1925. B&W photograph 15.7cm x 11cm, mounted on a dark brown card, 22.3 x 19.9cm. Photoria Collection

Utility trucks parked outside a local service station. Taken by Janet Reiners, c1920s. B&W photograph, 15.5cm x 10.8cm on a light coloured mount, 22.8cm x 19.9cm. Photoria Collection

“Winding River”, a scene on the River Darling, near Pooncarie, by Janet Reiners. Published in The Chronicle Annual (SA), October 3, 1938. Photoria Collection

PRAEGER, LAURA

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Three quarter portrait of a woman. Taken at the Chubb & Praeger studio, c.1889-1890. Cabinet card, sepia toned. Photoria Collection

Portrait of Louisa Macdonald, Principal of the Women’s College. Taken by Laura Praeger, c1892-1893. B&W cabinet card. Mitchell Library, State Library of NSW.