We are Tasmanian, these are our stories.

Telling the stories of Tasmania through the photos of Beattie’s Studio.

A unique collection of historic photographs of early and colonial Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania) from the collection of John Watt Beattie, as maintained and presented by Beatties Studio. His passion for Tasmania's wilderness and dedication to recording people, places and events on film made his museum a renowned collection. It featured convict relics and historic photographs of Tasmania from the 1840's onwards. After his death in 1930 the photographic collection passed to the Stephenson family who have maintained and added to it ever since.