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PHOTORIA

AUSTRALIAN WOMEN BEHIND THE LENS

1850 – 1950

BIRD, ANNIE

BIRD, ANNIE (1882-1948)

ANNIE BIRD was a photographer who worked between the years of 1913 and 1922, in the Queensland town of Kingaroy.

Name:
BIRD, ANNIE (1882-1948)
Full Birth Name:
Annie Winifred Bird

Married Name:

No identified spouse
Notes:

English-born Annie Bird arrived in Australia in 1913 from England where she had already been working as a photographer. When Annie settled in the Queensland town of Kingaroy she resumed her work as a photographer. After a fire in 1921 destroyed her studio she headed to Canada with the intention of settling in Washington DC, USA. Annie Bird attained her goal working as a photographer in Washington until she died there in 1948.

Profession:
Photographer
Professional Years:
1913 to 1922
Where Practised:
Kingaroy, QLD
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6 December 1948, The Olympian, (Olympia, Washington, USA), pg 8. Sourced from Newspapers by Ancestry, image 802074350, downloaded 19 March 2025.

BILTOFT, ANNIE

BILTOFT, ANNIE (1867-1943)

ANNIE BILTOFT was a photographer and co-proprietor of the Mar’s Studio in Kalgoorlie, WA, during the 1910s.

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Name:

BILTOFT, ANNIE (1867-1943)

Full Birth Name:

Mary Hannah “Annie” Woolner

Married Name:

Mrs Iver Christian Biltoft (1896-1922)

Notes:

The Biltoft’s had other studios including one in Katanning. It’s likely that Annie worked in all of them at various times but this is hard to pinpoint. Both she and her husband were photographers and also operated as travelling photographers to nearby towns.

Profession:

Photographer

Professional Years:

1916 to 1917

Where Practised:

Mar's Studio, 69 Hannan St, Kalgoorlie, WA
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Portrait of a baby seated on a rug. Postcard, sepia toned, by Mar’s Studio, c.1910s. Source: Photoria Collection

Reverse of a portrait of a baby seated on a rug. Postcard, sepia toned, by Mar’s Studio, c.1910s. Source: Photoria Collection

BIGGS, ROSIE

BIGGS, ROSIE (1878-1967)

ROSIE BIGGS worked as a photographic retoucher between the years of 1911 and 1928, in the Bundaberg district of Queensland

Name:
BIGGS, ROSIE (1878-1967)
Full Birth Name:
Rose “Rosie” Florence St John Biggs

Married Name:

No identified spouse
Profession:
Retoucher
Professional Years:
1911 to 1928
Where Practised:
Bundaberg, QLD

BEVAN, NINA

BEVAN, NINA (1889- 1968?)

NINA BEVAN worked as a photographic retoucher between the years of 1917 to 1968, in the Herston area of Queensland

Name:
BEVAN, NINA (1889- 1968?)
Full Birth Name:
Nina Myrtle Bevan

Married Name:

No identified spouse
Notes:

Nina was the daughter of Queensland photographers, Alice and Agrippa Bevan.

Profession:
Retoucher
Professional Years:
1917 to 1968
Where Practised:
Herston, QLD

BERTRAM, OLIVE

BERTRAM, OLIVE (1890-1954)

OLIVE BERTRAM worked between the years of 1913 and 1945 as a photographic retoucher in various parts of Queensland.

Name:

BERTRAM, OLIVE (1890-1954)

Full Birth Name:

Olive Zelma Elsie Bertram

Married Name:

Mrs John Mackie (1943-1954)

Profession:

Retoucher

Professional Years:

1913 to 1943

Where Practised:

Bundaberg, QLD (1913-1916); Boonah, QLD (1916-1934); Coopooroo, QLD (1934-43); Shorncliffe, QLD (1943)