The portfolios are biographical entries, summarising the careers of Australian women who worked in photography, whatever her station in that industry.

Where possible, entries are supplemented with a gallery of their work, while for other entries feature-length articles are included, with an emphasis on their place within the industry. The hope is that PHOTORIA provides a reservoir of information to be updated or amended as time goes on, and one that will facilitate the rewriting of the history of Australian photography, where that history deserves to be rewritten, to include Australian women photographers.