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PHOTORIA

AUSTRALIAN WOMEN BEHIND THE LENS

1850 – 1950

PYERS, ELLA

PYERS, ELLA (1892-1972)

ELLA PYERS worked as a photographic retoucher in various locations in Melbourne and in Castlemaine, Vic, between 1914 and 1921.

Name:
PYERS, ELLA (1892-1972)
Full Birth Name:
Ella Marguerite Pyers

Married Name:

Mrs Alexander Denis Matheson (1925-1965)
Notes:
Profession:
Retoucher
Professional Years:
1914 to 1921
Where Practised:
East Melbourne, VIC (1914-1916); Castlemaine, VIC (1916-1921); Prahran Gardens. VIC (1921)

PRAEGER, LAURA

PRAEGER, LAURA (1859-1950)

LAURA PRAEGER was a photographer working in her own studios in Sydney, New South Wales, between 1889 and 1894.

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Name:

PRAEGER, LAURA (1859-1950)

Full Birth Name:

Laura Blundell

Married Name:

Mrs Francis Pasqual Praeger (1880-1893); Mrs George Brighton Harland (1894-1900)

Notes:

For more information please see: Madame Praeger , Laura Praeger (Artist) , Clairvaux House ,

Profession:

Photographer and Proprietor

Professional Years:

1889 to 1894

Where Practised:

Where practised: Chubb & Praeger, Empire Galleries, 482-484 George St, Sydney, NSW (1889-1890); L Praeger, 506 & 508 George St, Sydney, NSW (1892-1893); Madame Praeger, 76 William St, Sydney, NSW (1893-1894)
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December 18, 1890, The Sydney Morning Herald, pg 2. TROVE

Album

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.

POWYS-LYBBE, URSULA

POWYS-LYBBE, URSULA (1910-1997)

URSULA POWYS-LYBBE was an English photographer travelling in NSW and Victoria between 1947 and 1954 after her marriage to an Australian.

Name:
POWYS-LYBBE, URSULA (1910-1997)
Full Birth Name:
Ursula Margot Powys-Lybbe

Married Name:

Mrs Druce Hervey Buckland (1946-1948)
Notes:

For information about, and photographs by, Ursula Powys-Lybbe please visit

State Library of Victoria

Ursula Powys-Lybbe: Five Women Photographers (1986)

Obituary

Profession:
Photographer
Professional Years:
1947 to 1954 in Australia
Where Practised:
Travelling photographer: New South Wales and Victoria
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Feb 22, 1947, The Advertiser (Adelaide), pg 12. TROVE

POWER, MARY

POWER, MARY (1906-1994)

MARY POWER worked as an assistant photographer in and around Buranda in Brisbane, Qld, during the years of 1928 and 1929.

Name:
POWER, MARY (1906-1994)
Full Birth Name:
Mary Carmen Frances Ashton Power

Married Name:

Mrs Leonard Harry Elliff (1929-1994)
Notes:
Profession:
Assistant Photographer
Professional Years:
1928 to 1929
Where Practised:
Buranda, QLD

POWER, EVALINE

POWER, EVALINE (1876-1968)

EVALINE POWER worked as a photographic retoucher in the city of Melbourne, Vic, during the years of 1908 and 1968.

Name:
POWER, EVALINE (1876-1968)
Full Birth Name:
Evelina Anne Power

Married Name:

No identified spouse
Notes:
Profession:
Retoucher
Professional Years:
1908 to 1968
Where Practised:
Melbourne, VIC