This month on Trove, Stephanie Morris of the National Library of Australia talks about the history of Women in Photography.
The earliest known female photographer in Australia is Louisa Elizabeth How. An album of her amateur photography taken between 1858 and 1859, held by the National Gallery of Australia, are the oldest known photographs by an Australian female photographer known to still exist.
Stephanie discusses the work and stories of some of Australia’s earliest female photographers, including Alive Mills, May and Mina Moore, Bernice Agar, Pegg Clarke and Ruth Hollick.
New historical photography collections are added to Trove each year. The website provides a guide on how to search images in Trove.
You can also discover the story of Australia’s first professional photographer.
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