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Richardson-Bunbury, Margaret, b. 1795
Lady Margaret Richardson-Bunbury was born in 1795. She was an embroiderer and garden designer. Lady Richardson-Bunbury formed the first Western Australian branch of the British ...
Barker, Mary Anne, b. 1831
Interior designer and author who married Governor Frederick Napier Broome.
Eassie, Walter, b. 1872
Early 20th century Sydney cartoonist and poster designer. He died in 1919 and his obituary in 'Home' called him "a most likeable man and competent ...
Fryer, Benjamin, b. 1879
Fryer was a printer, book designer and writer. He was born in Australia and finished his career in California.
Goatcher, James, b. 1879
Artist and theatre scene painter and designer who was a member of the Royal Art Society of New South Wales and of the West Australian ...
Halverson, Lars, b. 1881
Lars Halvorsen was a Norwegian boat builder who immigrated to Australia in 1924 where he established a boat design and construction firm. After his death, ...
Scorfield, Edward Scafe, b. 1882
Mid 20th century Sydney Bulletin cartoonist, poster designer and etcher. Before migrating to Australia in 1925 Scorfield played rugby for England and served in the ...
Coleman, Alfred Benjamin, b. 1885
Alfred Benjamin Coleman (1885-1948) was a Victorian painter of landscapes and seascapes, active also in local art societies. He began his working life in the ...
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Jardine, Walter, b. 1885
Early 20th century Sydney illustrator, cartoonist and poster designer, who spent several years working in New York for publications including Hearst's Cosmopolitan Magazine.
Shorter, Lucie Emilie, b. 1887
Shorter was a designer, was born on 31 July 1887. The National Gallery of Australia holds several works by her. She is the signed author ...
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Frater, William, b. 1890
Frater's career began with an apprenticeship in glass design in Scotland. He arrived in Melbourne 1910, worked with Brooks, Robinson and Co. in stained glass, ...
Eldershaw, John, b. 1892
A painter and poster designer who designed 'Historic Tasmania: Port Arthur' for the Tasmanian Government Tourist Bureau in the 1940s.
Buxton, Jessamine, b. 1895
Buxton was a painter, sculptor and designer of stained-glass windows. A versatile artist, she worked across a wide range of media.
Kelly, Harry, b. 1896
Kelly is best known as the designer of the poster 'Tasmania: The Switzerland of the South', published by the Tasmanian Government Tourist Bureau in the ...
Low, Stuart, b. 1896
Low was an interior designer and founder member Society of Interior Designers of Australia, His career began in 1928. He worked out of a "Salon" ...
Anderson, Alice, b. 1897
Anderson was a Victorian motor mechanic, opening perhaps the nation's first female motor garage in Kew, Victoria. She designed an "up and under" (known widely ...
Broadhurst, Florence, b. 1899
Acclaimed singer, dancer, actress, artist and designer. Broadhurst was most well known for her vibrant wall-paper designs which were sought after in Australia and internationally ...
Ratner, Saul, b. 1900
Saul Ratner worked as a designer and maker for J. Ratner & Co., founded by Joseph Ratner in 1911 in Camden St, Newtown, a suburb ...
Sterne, Frederick, b. 1900
Trained in Germany, Prague & Vienna in "civil architecture" and interior design. He arrived in Australia ca.1938 and worked with the architect Leighton Irwin's firm. ...
Herzger, Gertrude, b. 1901
According to interviews and an investigation by architect Bruce Eeles, Herzger studied at the Bauhaus, Weimar in 1919-1920. Herzger drawings for Walter Gropius's design for ...