Harriet Pettifore Brims (1864-1939) was a pioneer female commercial photographer in Queensland, Australia.[1][2] She opened a photographic studio in Ingham, Queensland before moving to Mareeba in 1904, where she established a new studio until she moved to Brisbane in 1914. Her photographic work provides information on people and places in the pioneer days of North Queensland.[3]

Self portrait of Harriett Pettifore Brims (1864-1939), Australian photographer

She was featured in the Magnificent Makers exhibition at the State Library of Queensland in 2018.[4]

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  1. ^ "Late Mrs. Harriett Brims". The Telegraph. Queensland, Australia. 26 October 1939. p. 16 (CITY FINAL LAST MINUTE NEWS). Archived from the original on 23 April 2021. Retrieved 29 June 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ "CURRENT". The Queenslander. Vol. LXIV, no. 1415. Queensland, Australia. 3 January 1903. p. 53 (Unknown). Archived from the original on 23 April 2021. Retrieved 29 June 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ "OBITUARY". Cairns Post. No. 11, 774. Queensland, Australia. 11 November 1939. p. 3. Archived from the original on 23 April 2021. Retrieved 3 July 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ^ "Magnificent Makers: Queensland inventors and their curious creations". State Library of Queensland. 2017. Archived from the original on 13 May 2018. Retrieved 14 May 2018.


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