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Alan Mitchell
Biography
Alan Mitchell is based in Melbourne and specialises in room set photography.
4 portraits in the collection
Alan Goldberg AO QC
Biography
Alan Goldberg AO QC (1940-2016), Federal Court judge, was born into a pioneering Jewish Melbourne family and graduated from the University of Melbourne law school in the early 1960s.
1 portrait in the collection
Alan Marshall AM OBE
Biography
Alan Marshall AM OBE (1902-1984), writer, began life in Victoria’s Western District.
4 portraits in the collection
Alan Sandow
Biography
Alan Sandow (b. 1952), drummer, joined Clive Shakespeare in the initial Sherbet lineup in 1969, before Daryl Braithwaite joined the band.
3 portraits in the collection
Alan Sumner MBE
Biography
Alan Sumner MBE (1911-1994) was a painter, printmaker, teacher and stained glass designer.
1 portrait in the collection
Alan Jessop
Biography
Alan Jessop OAM (b. 1930) is known to Canberrans as the Salvo Man, having collected donations for the Salvation Army in the city for over 30 years.
1 portrait in the collection
Alan Jones
Biography
Alan Jones (b. 1977), artist, completed an advanced diploma of fine arts at the National Art School, Sydney, in 1997.
1 portrait in the collection
Alan Alder
Biography
Alan Alder (1937–2019), dancer and ballet teacher, began his career studying tap and Scottish highland dancing in Canberra.
2 portraits in the collection
Alan Bond
Biography
Born in London, Alan Bond (1938–2015) emigrated with his family in 1950 and began his working life as a signwriter.
2 portraits in the collection
Alan Bishop Stretton AO OBE LLB
Biography
Alan Bishop Stretton AO OBE LLB (1922-2012) enlisted in the Australian Army in 1940 as a private and retired as a Major-General in 1978 being one of the few Australian generals to rise from the ranks.
1 portrait in the collection
Estate of Alan Boxer
Biography
Alan Boxer, public servant, academic and art collector, was schooled in Melbourne and gained his economic qualifications in Melbourne and Oxford.
John Davis
Biography
Alan Davies' and Peter Stanbury's The Mechanical Eye in Australia lists Sydney photographer John Davis (life dates unknown) as having a carte-de visite studio on King Street, and as working from addresses on Pitt and George Streets between 1870 and 1873..
1 portrait in the collection
Talma Studios, Sydney
Biography
Talma Studios opened in Sydney in March 1899 in a George Street premises next door to the GPO.
1 portrait in the collection
Clive Shakespeare
Biography
Clive Shakespeare formed the soul/Tamla Motown cover group the Downtown Roll Band in 1968.
3 portraits in the collection
Sir Charles Mackerras AC KT CBE
Biography
Sir (Alan) Charles Mackerras AC CBE (1925-2010) was chief conductor of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra from 1982 to 1985.
1 portrait in the collection
John Button
Biography
John Button (1933-2008), Labor politician, studied arts and law at the University of Melbourne and made his name as a barrister in Melbourne before becoming involved in the Victorian branch of the Labor Party in the late 1950s.
2 portraits in the collection