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Beatties Studio

The official Beattie's Studio web site, a unique collection of historic photographs of early and colonial Tasmania from the museum of John Watt Beattie, as maintained and presented by Beatties Studio. Owned and operated by the Stephenson family since 1933.

We acknowledge the Traditional Owners of the land depicted in our photographs. We pay our respects to Elders, past, present and emerging.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are advised that this website does contain images of deceased people.

"Beatties Studio is a photographic business. We would never claim to be historians. It is clear that from the 1840's onwards, there were numerous photographers in Tasmania and their works changed hands several times as they retired or passed away. Some of these works became part of the Beatties Studio collection. Our job now is to preserve, restore and present these images so they can be accessed and appreciated by everyone."

John Stephenson