Anne Camfield

Anne Camfield (née Breeze; 1808 – 18 February 1896) was a photographer, pioneer teacher and headmistress in Western Australia.

At this time women were rarely missionaries but Anne was accepted as a governess who would travel to Australia with the Reverend William Mitchell and his family.

[2] They arrived in the Swan River Colony, Western Australia, on board the Shepherd on 4 August 1838.

[6][3] Henry had been in Australia since 1829 and had a land grant named Burrswood that he rented out for fifty pounds a year.

[9] Camfield was a photographer and she is thought to have sent a picture of Hali and his Sister to the London International Exhibition in 1862.

They summarised Anne Camfield's evidence saying "One girl, sent to Sydney, played for some time the harmonium in St Philip’s Church, and gained her living by teaching...".

Camfield eventually moved to South Australia to live with her adoptive daughter, where she died aged 88.

Camfield with Bessie Flower