List of Australian women photographers

• Bernice Agar (1885–1976), portrait, fashion and society photographer in the late 1910s until the 1930s. • Narelle Autio (born 1969), photojournalist working first in Europe and the USA before returning to Australia in 1998 as staff photographer for the Sydney Morning Herald ==B==

• Sarah Bahbah (born 1991), photographic artist, with large Instagram following • Euphemia Eleanor Baker (aka Effie Baker) (1880–1968), photographer of Australian wildflowers and Bahá'í Faith • Polly Borland (born 1959), now living in England, known both for her portraits of famous Australians and for several series of stylized portraits • Pat Brassington (born 1942), Tasmanian photographer and digital artist. • Kate Breakey (born 1957), visual artist creating large-scale, hand-colored photographs. • Harriett Brims (1864–1939), pioneer commercial photographer in Queensland • Amelia Bunbury (1863–1958), photographer from Western Australia, works published in the Western Mail • Jane Burton (born 1966), Melbourne-based photographer. ==C==

• Emily Florence Cazneau (1855–1892), mother of Harold, see List of New Zealand women photographers • Alex Cearns, animal photography • Sarah Chinnery (1887–1970), photographer and diarist • Pegg Clarke (c. 1890–1959), fashion, portrait, architectural and society photographer • Beverley Clifford (fl. 1950s), magazine photographer and photojournalist • Olive Cotton (1911–2003), modernist photographer working in the 1930s and 1940s in Sydney, receiving commissions from the publisher Sidney Ure Smith • Virginia Coventry (born 1942), photographer of environmental protests • Brenda L Croft (born 1964), First Nations artist, writer and curator drawing on familial and public archives to explore Indigenous histories and experiences ==D==

• Destiny Deacon (1957–2024), Queensland photographer of indigenous culture • Lillian Dean (c.1899–1980), Northern Territory photographer and local politician • Maggie Diaz (1925–2016), American-born photographer, noted for her 1950s Chicago Collection • Ada Driver (1868–1954), Australian portrait photographer who ran a studio on Queen street in Brisbane in the early twentieth century • Rozalind Drummond (born 1956), postmodernism photographic artist ==E==

• Sandy Edwards (born 1948), documentary photographer and curator of photography, known for personal approach to documentary • Mireille Eid (Astore) (born 1961), Lebanese-born artist and photographer • Odette England (born 1975) • Joyce Evans (1929–2019), opened the first commercial photo gallery in Melbourne, later working herself in portraiture and landscapes, taught history of photography • Samantha Everton, contemporary photographic artist ==F==

• Myra Felton (1835–1920), photographer and oil painter • Anne Ferran (born 1949), photographic artist • Judith Fletcher (1886–1970), portrait and fashion photographer • Sue Ford (1943–2009), celebrated photographer of social life, known for her personal approach to her subjects ==G==

• Anne Geddes (born 1956), stylized photographs of babies published in book-form or calendars • Juno Gemes (born 1944), Hungarian-Australian known for photography of aboriginals • Heather George (1907–1983), commercial industrial, fashion and outback photographer and painter • Kate Geraghty (born 1972), photojournalist for the Sydney Morning Herald, covered the 2002 Bali bombings and 2003 invasion of Iraq ==H==

• Liz Ham (born 1975), Sydney-based photographer of urban life, fashion, music and politics, also known for book Punk Girls • C. Moore Hardy (born 1955), Sydney-based photographer, documenting the Sydney queer community since the late 1970s • Ponch Hawkes (born 1946), Melbourne-based photographer • Merris Hillard (born 1949), printmaker and photographer • Ruth Hollick (1883–1977), Melbourne-based portrait and fashion photographer • Louisa Elizabeth How (1821–1893), early woman photographer • Adelie Hurley (1919–2010), first Australian woman press photographer ==J==

• Carol Jerrems (1949–1980), explored issues of sexuality, youth, identity and mortality ==K==

• Bronwyn Kidd (born 1969), fashion, magazine and portrait photographer • Leah King-Smith, photographer and digital media artist • Katrin Koenning (born 1978), German-Australian photographer, photojournalist and videographer ==L==

• Pamela Lofts (1949–2012), book illustrator, photographer, and artist ==M==

• Ruth Maddison (born 1945), explores themes of relationships, communities and families • Elsie Rosaline Masson (1890–1935), photographer, writer and traveller • Barbara McGrady (born 1950), indigenous photographer • Louisa Anne Meredith (1812–1895), writer and early photographer • Margaret Michaelis-Sachs (1902–1985), see Poland • Alice Mills (1870–1929), successful photographer in Melbourne • Jacqueline Mitelman (born 1948), portrait photographer • Tracey Moffatt (born 1960), explores issues of sexuality, history, representation and race • May and Mina Moore (May 1881–1931; Mina 1882–1957), New Zealand-born portrait photographers • Hedda Morrison (1908–1991), see Germany ==N==

• June Newton (1923–2021), photographs under the pseudonym Alice Springs ==P==

• Polixeni Papapetrou (1960–2018), noted for her themed photo series about people's identities • Lillian Louisa Pitts (1872–1947), music teacher and professional photographer ==R==

• Jacky Redgate (born 1955), sculptor, installation artist and photographer • Leonie Reisberg (born 1955), photographer and lecturer in photography ==S==

• Rebecca Shanahan, NSW-based artist and photographer • Rose Simmonds (1877–1960), British-born Queensland photographer and member of the Pictorialism movement • Alexia Sinclair (born 1976), fine-art photographer • Ruby Spowart (1928–2024), photographs of the Australian outback in the 1980s and 1990s • Robyn Stacey (born 1952), camera obscura photographs, evocative still life using historical collections ==W==

• Dani Watson (born 1982), photographer and lecturer in photography ==Z==

• Anne Zahalka (born 1957), photographer ==See also==