List of Australian women photographers

This is a list of women photographers who were born in Australia or whose works are closely associated with that country.

A

 * 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, 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
 * Suzanna Clarke (born 1961), see List of New Zealand women photographers
 * 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

 * Anne Ferran (born 1949), photographic artist
 * 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

J

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

K

 * Bronwyn Kidd (born 1969), fashion, magazine and portrait photographer
 * Katrin Koenning (born 1978), German-Australian photographer, photojournalist and videographer

L

 * Leah King-Smith, photographer and digital media artist
 * Pamela Lofts, 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 1968), 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 (born 1928), photographs of the Australian outback in the 1980s and 1990s
 * Robyn Stacey (born 1952), camera obscura photographs, evocative still life using historical collections

Z

 * Anne Zahalka (born 1957), photographer