Dunn, Dorothy Edith (1887 - 1972)

Born
19 June 1887
Surrey Hills, Victoria, Australia
Died
3 April 1972
Mont Albert, Victoria, Australia
Summary

Edith Dorothy Dunn, born in Surrey Hills, Melbourne in 1887, was an early Australian female commercial photographer. Educated at Miss James' Surrey Hills School and Ormiston Girl's School, she trained as a nurse before studying photography at the Working Men's College from 1909-1910. Dunn worked in various photographic studios across Australia from 1908 to 1919. In 1914 she joined the British Association for the Advancement of Science. She married John Albert Freeman in 1919.

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Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) University Archives

  • Student Register - 1909, 1909, Item no. A9905745, Accession 1999/080; Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) University Archives. Details
  • Student Register - 1910, 1910, Item no. A9905746, Accession 1999/080; Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) University Archives. Details

State Library of Victoria

  • Papers of the Dunn and Byrchall families: manuscript, typescript, printed, 1882-2017, 1882 - 2017, Accession No: MS 15659; Dunn, Dorothy Edith; Byrchall, Edith; Dunn, E. J. (Edward John); and Hepburn, Elsa; State Library of Victoria. Details

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Sources used to compile this entry: 'Working Men's College', The Age (Melbourne, Victoria), 18 January 1910, p. 11. Also available at https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/196087300; '[Family Notices]', The Argus (Melbourne, Victoria), 20 May 1919, p. 1. Also available at http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1469644; British Association for the Advancement of Science, List of Members Officers and Council and Institutions Receiving the Report, vol. 84, London: Burlington House, Piccadilly, W., 1915. Also available at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30399414; Elliott, Alan, 'Early Women Photographers in the Melbourne Camera Club', Exposure: The Melbourne Camera Club Magazine, vol. 36, no. 2, April-June 2017, pp. 2-4. Also available at https://melbournecameraclub.org.au/about-us/exposure/; Papers of the Dunn and Byrchall families: manuscript, typescript, printed, 1882-2017, 1882 - 2017, Accession No: MS 15659; Dunn, Dorothy Edith; Byrchall, Edith; Dunn, E. J. (Edward John); and Hepburn, Elsa; State Library of Victoria; Student Register - 1909, 1909, Item no. A9905745, Accession 1999/080; Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) University Archives; Student Register - 1910, 1910, Item no. A9905746, Accession 1999/080; Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) University Archives; Victoria, Australia, Birth Index, 1837-1921, Registration Number 20899/1887; Victoria, Australia, Marriage Index, 1837-1950, Registration Number 2956/1919; Victoria, Australia, Death Index, 1840-1992, Registration Number 6970/1972; Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/208193837/edith_dorothy-freeman: accessed March 16, 2026), memorial page for Edith Dorothy Dunn Freeman (1888-5 Apr 1972), Find a Grave Memorial ID 208193837, citing Boroondara General Cemetery, Kew, City of Boroondara, Victoria, Australia; Surrey Hills Historical Society Collection, photograph SHP1387.

Prepared by: Miranda Francis

Created: 19 March 2026