George Willett

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Willetts Photographic Temple of Light.Private Collection
Portrait by Willetts Studio, c1885. Ballarat Heritage Services Picture Collection

History

A professional photographer who was working from Sturt Street Ballarat in 1869. He later became a partner in the Melbourne firm of Doyne, Major and Willett.[1]

Willett's Royal Photographic Temple of Light at 139 Sturt Street was his main studio from 1889 to 1896. [2]

Location

In 1882 this photographer was located at Bridge Street, Ballarat East. [3]

In 1985 Willets studio was situated in Bridge Street and Sturt Street (near St Patrick's Cathedral)[4]

George Willett was a photographer operating from premises on Bridge Street, Ballarat East in 1887.[5]

Legacy

See also

Photographers

Notes

References

  1. Kerr, Joan, The Dictionary of Australian Artists: Painters, sketchers, Photographers and Engravers to 1870, Oxford University Press, 1992.
  2. Kerr, Joan, The Dictionary of Australian Artists: Painters, sketchers, Photographers and Engravers to 1870, Oxford University Press, 1992.
  3. Kerr, A.C., Niven's Directory, 1882.
  4. Ballarat Star, 06 June 1885.
  5. Rogers, J. W. F. (ed.). (c. 1887). The Australasian Federal Directory of Commerce, Trades & Professions. Melbourne: J. W. F. Rogers.

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--C.K.Gervasoni 15:38, 10 July 2013 (EST)