I think that Photographers are the people who have the least photographs of themselves. Mainly of course, because they are usually on the ‘other’ end of the lens. When I do happen to come across a photographers photo, I always take note. For example, the photo you will see below of Newman HALL. He was a very prolific photographer in the early Goldfields days and was half of the partnership of Hemus and Hall. The State library of WA have hundreds of his photos but not one of the man himself. When I was given a box of photos earlier this year, I was so pleased to find the photo below of Newman Hall. I scanned it of course, and then donated the original to State Library.
The following is a list of the photographer I have collected over the years. If you know of any errors or omission I would love to hear from you – research@outbackfamilyhistory.com.au
Photographers of the Goldfields of Western Australia – 1893-1970
Unknown Photographer outside the Lancefield Hotel, Western Australia
AIMEE Studio – Austin St, Cue 1899
ANDERSON Arthur Boulder c1919
Arthur Anderson and Family at home – 52 king St Boulder c1919
BERNARD-KELLY T Laslett’s Building, Hannan Street, Kalgoorlie 1906-1910
BILTOFT Hans C & Co (Ideal Studios), Piesse St, Boulder 1903-1904
Advert – Kalgoorlie Miner 1898
BILTOFT Ivan C 69 Hannan St, Kalgoorlie 1898-1903
BILTOFT Ivan C Lawlers, Sandstone & Cue 1911
BILTOFT Studios Maritana St, Kalgoorlie 1899 – 1901
BOOTY Brothers Menzies 1899
CLAWSEN T Kookynie 1904
CLEMENTSON A Nannine 1906
COLLETT & Co Cue 1900
COTTINGHAM F Black Flag 1898
CROFTEN M Kanowna 1897
CZISZ A Boulder 1905
DEANS F R 17 Piesse Street, Boulder 1908-1916
DeCOURCEY A & Co Nanine 1897
DINGLE W Boulder C1908
DIMOND Brothers Kalgoorlie 1915
DOOLETTE Abraham Simmons Larkin St, Kanowna 1897-1901
DRINKWATER George A Menzies 1900-1906
DRINKWATER George A Hannan & Dugan Sts Kalgoorlie 1897-1898
DWYER John Joseph 7 Hannan, 147 Hannan & 3 Graeme St, Kalgoorlie 1898-1918
John Joseph Dwyer
ELLIE & RICHARDSON 6 Boulder Road, Kalgoorlie 1905-1906
ELSTON Walter Egbert – Norseman c1900
EWIN Alfred (Studios) Piesse St & Burt St (only 1904-6) Boulder 1904 – 1926
FALCONER D C1900
D Falconer – Photographer of the Goldfields 1900
FLEGELTAUB Alfred Maritana & Varden Sts Kalgoorlie 1898-1899
FLEGELTAUB Alfred 190 McDonald St, Kalgoorlie 1913
FLEGELTAUB Amos Black Range 1905-1907
FORSYTH Andrew Souter Pioneer Studios Norseman 1897-1902
Goldfields Photo Supply 217 Hannan Street, Kalgoorlie 1907
GORE Stewart H 141 Hannan Street, Kalgoorlie 1933
GREENHAM & EVANS Coolgardie Charles G Greenham & Laura Evans c 1900
Charles Greenham – 1912
GRENFELL Thomas Kalgoorlie C1900
GROSE Harry H Forrest Street, Boulder 1901-1903
HALL Newman Coolgardie 1890’s
Newman Hall – Coolgardie
HALLAM J H 236 Hannan Street, Kalgoorlie 1920
HAMPTON Thomas Gindalbie 1910
HARVEY Oscar Leonora/Bardoc 1905-1932
HEMUS & HALL Bayley St, Coolgardie 1895-1906
HENDERSON Ernest W Hannan Street, Kalgoorlie 1897
Ideal Studios (Biltoft & Co) Boulder 1890’s
JENKINS Hurtle H 181 Hannan St, Kalgoorlie 1916-1924
JENKINS Hurtle H 269 Hannan St, Kalgoorlie 1904
Kalgoorlie Miner 8 November 1915, page 4
JOHNSON George J Bayley St, Coolgardie & Jenkins St, Montana 1900
JOHNSTON F Mt Morgans 1900
JOHNSTONE G J Bayley St, Coolgardie 1908
JOYCE Murray Kalgoorlie
KATZ Arthur F 217 Egan St, Kalgoorlie 1911-1916
KATZ Arthur F 421 Hannan St, Kalgoorlie 1902-1906
KRETCHMAR’s Studio’s – Fingall Studios – Heffernan St, Day Dawn – 1904
Murchison Times and Day Dawn Gazette 1904
LAFAYETTE DEASE STUDIOS 1960’s
LAMBERT Photographic Studio Mechanics Institute, Kalgoorlie 1948
LEE W H 146 Hannan St, Kalgoorlie 1905
MAR’s Studio 69 Hannan Street, Kalgoorlie
MARTYN Frank Bayley St, Coolgardie 1900-1915
MASON Charles Hannan St, Kalgoorlie 1902
MASON Ernest Bayley St, Coolgardie & Cassidy St, Kalgoorlie 1898-1899
MAXINE Studios Kalgoorlie C1980’s
MAWLE H S 150 Addis St, Piccadilly & 28 Lewis St, Lamington 1912-1913
McKAY Thomas F 147 Hannan St, Kalgoorlie 1918-1947
Thomas F McKay and Family
McNEIL Frank A Hannan St, Kalgoorlie 1898-1899
MERRILEES Henry (& Nixon) 53 Piesse St, Boulder & Coolgardie 1903-1907
Portrait of Henry Merrilees Source: Fremantle History Centre
MILES J S Cue 1908
MILLAR Roy & Son Leonora 1906-1942
MILLAR William Roy Coolgardie & Kalgoorlie 1895-1901
Mora Studios 27 Egan Street, Kalgoorlie c1905
Mora Studios -Trade Mark
MORGAN E W 93 Varden St, Piccadilly 1949
MUNRO E A Menzies 1904
MURPHY Martin Broadarrow 1903
O’DEA Misses 87 Egan St, Kalgoorlie 1910-1911
OSLER G M Goldfields c1904
PICK Thomas Kurawa & Broadarrow 1898-1899
Pioneer Studios Norseman 1897-1902
PORTER Albert E Hannan St, Kalgoorlie 1898
READ A Hopkins St, Boulder 1907
REETZ Herman Otto – Yalgoo – 1900
REID Hugh Boulder Rd, Kalgoorlie 1910-1912
REID Hugh Bulong 1901
REMBRANT Photo Company Maritana Street, Kalgoorlie 1897
REMBRANT Studios 53 Piesse St, Boulder City 1910-1949
ROME E G Nannine 1900
ROONEY Studio 67A Hannan Street, Kalgoorlie 1939-1940
ROSS Cecil Mt Morgans Area 1904-1911
ROSSEL Albert Day Dawn 1905-1911
ROSSEL Albert – Ambassadors Studios Shenton St, Menzies 1897-1900
Advert – Day Dawn Chronicle 1908
SARONI Studios 236 Hannan Street, Kalgoorlie 1904-1910
SCHRODER W A 269 Hannan Street, Kalgoorlie 1906
SCOTT Robert Vere 181 & 205 Hannan Street, Kalgoorlie 1906-1915
SOLIN Hanbury Street, Kalgoorlie 1902
SOLOMAN A Woodward St, Coolgardie 1897
STUBBS & Co Menzies 1904
TOURS Louis 18 Cassidy Street, Kalgoorlie 1910-1926
TOVEY Joseph John Meekatharra c1900
Joseph Tovey at Meekatharra WA (Raising a glass)
TULLOCH & Co Ford St, Coolgardie 1895-1895
TUTTLE & CO Ford Street, Coolgardie 1895-1896
VON-ZIEGLER Frank 55 Oroya St, Boulder 1912-1914
WEBB George C Kookynie 1900-1902
WILLIAMS & FALCONER Hannan St, Kalgoorlie 1897
WILLIAMS Thomas H 267 & 280 Hannan St, Kalgoorlie 1925-1949
WILSON & TEAGUE Sylvester St, Coolgardie 1895-1896
WILSON Charles Leonora 1910-1921
WILSON Charles Shenton St, Menzies & Southern Cross 1895-1897
WOOD P 134 McDonald St, Kalgoorlie 1949
J J Dwyer’s Photograph Studio Kalgoorlie
Without the dedicated work of our Goldfields photographs we would have to reply on descriptions of people and places. They not only offered a service to people to take photographs of loved ones, but they also were very prolific in taking photos of just about everything. Photographers also were quite mobile, and although they usually had a ‘studio’ they often travelled around, taking with them backdrops and props and of course cameras, to remote towns to take photographs for people who wouldn’t normally be able to have this done. So you may have a photo with the logo of the photographer as ‘H H Grose Boulder’ on the mat, but it may have been taken elsewhere.
Frank Martyn even worked for the police, taking photos of various crime scenes in Coolgardie before the police had their own photographers. He then was asked to give evidence in court.
As I see it, every photograph is a ‘Time Machine’ taking you back to that very moment in time that is captured forever in the shot. You only need to look into the eyes of a person in a photograph to see this is true!
Moya Sharp
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Hi Moya, I am going thru Sydney Stuart Gore’s Army service records and found a lot of references for his work and the address for his “Vogue Studio” 64A Maritana Street, Kalgoorlie in 1942. Stuart was also a Freelance Photographer for the Western Australian newspaper, the Australian Broadcasting Commission Journal and was featured in the Western Australian Mining Journal 1938/39.
Hi Mariellen Thank you for that detail, I have now been able to add this photographer to my list as I didn’t have that name before. I see from the advertisements that it was also a ‘Dance Studio’ as well as a photographer.