Adolphus Verey

An archive of 6,000 of his glass plates survives and his work of historical value is represented in national collections including the State Library of Victoria.

He traveled Victoria as an itinerant photographer, then in 1883 operated from a studio with a suitable south light[3] on the corner of Barker and Lyttleton Streets Castlemaine which still bears his name.

He at first rented the premises from its absent landlord, another photographer Charles Wherrett[4] who, after operating on the site in a covered wagon,[5] had built it in the 1850s, then moved in 1863 to Sandhurst (Bendigo) in 1865, and to Hobart in 1871.

After Wherrett's death, in October 1904 Verey purchased[10][11] the building for £1405 (equivalent in 2021 to A$194,560.00),[12] and between July and December 1907 rebuilt it[13] in brick and rusticated rendering,[14] as reported on its reopening, attended by M.L.A.

Lawson,[15] in the Mount Alexander Mail;The studio is large and lofty, with a handsomely designed and colored steel ceiling, with every appointment for the comfort of visitors.

Verey's business was mostly weddings,[17][18] commercial family and group[19][20][21][22] portraits, occasional news photographs,[23][24][25] and a growing assortment of views of the district used for postcards and souvenir booklets,[26] as reported in 1884; Mr Verey, photographer, has taken twenty views of the principal buildings and streets of Castlemaine, and of the Botanical Gardens.

[27]He was credited for such imagery as "photographer to the Cyclopaedia Company" in the 1904 edition of their Cyclopedia of Victoria,[28] a number being displayed as advertisements for the town in railway carriages.

[29] In 1905 Verey & Co published Souvenir of Castlemaine and district : containing 26 photographic views,[30] and in 1914 he was advertising "Australian scenery, hand coloured, framed and unframed pictures, suitable for presents, all prices.

From 1884 Verey & Co publicly displayed their portraits, and made group photographs of sports teams[39] and schools picnics[40] to attract customers .

[47][48] Verey was active in his town's religious, educational and community organisations,[49] starting, in 1885, as secretary of the Young People's Mutual Improvement Association.

During WWI he was active in raising funds for injured soldiers,[66][67] in one instance donating for fund-raising 200 postcards of a group photograph of fifty Castlemaine volunteers.