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Dr Arthur Martin a'Beckett
Biography
Dr Arthur Martin a’Beckett FRCS (1812-1871) surgeon and New South Wales parliamentarian studied at London University from 1831 before undertaking a residency in Paris, centre for innovation in the practice of hygiene, pathological anatomy and physiopathology.
2 portraits in the collection
Arthur Vernon
Biography
Arthur Vernon was the general secretary of the United Labourers’ Protective Society, a delegate to the Sydney Labour Council, a member of the Eight Hours committee, and a Labour alderman of the city for Cook ward.
1 portrait in the collection
Arthur Boyd AC OBE
Biography
Arthur Boyd AC OBE (1920–1999), painter, potter and printmaker, was one of Australia’s greatest artists.
14 portraits in the collection
Arthur Murch
Biography
Arthur Murch, artist, is best-known as a painter in a colourful cubistic style, but he was occupied with sculpture throughout his career.
8 portraits in the collection
Arthur Horner
Biography
Arthur Horner was born in Malvern, Victoria, and attended Sydney High School and the National Art School.
1 portrait in the collection
Arthur Summons
Biography
Arthur Summons (1935-2020), footballer, played fly-half in ten rugby union test matches for the Wallabies between 1956 and 1960 before joining rugby league's Western Suburbs Magpies in 1960.
1 portrait in the collection
Arthur Triggs
Biography
Arthur Triggs (1868-1936), pastoralist and collector, is sometimes referred to as the 'Kidman of the wool industry'.
1 portrait in the collection
Arthur Phillip
Biography
Arthur Phillip (1738–1814), first governor of New South Wales, began his career while a boy in London.
2 portraits in the collection
Arthur T. Woodward
Biography
Arthur Thomas 'A T' Woodward (1865–1943), painter and art scholar, was born in Birmingham, England.
1 portrait in the collection
Arthur William Burman
Biography
Arthur William Burman was one of the nine children of photographer William Insull Burman (1814-1890), who came to Victoria in 1853.
2 portraits in the collection
Alfred Arthur Greenwood Hales
Biography
Alfred Arthur Greenwood Hales (1860-1936), adventurer, writer and newspaper correspondent, left school and started writing short stories in his teens.
1 portrait in the collection
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
Biography
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1769-1852), army officer and hero, was the prime minister of the United Kingdom from 1828 to 1830.
1 portrait in the collection
John Allen Manton
Biography
John Allen Manton (1807–1864), Wesleyan minister, arrived in Australia in 1831.
1 portrait in the collection
William Burman
Biography
William Insull Burman came to Victoria in 1853 and worked as a painter and decorator before establishing his own photography business in Carlton in about 1863.
1 portrait in the collection
Peter O'Shaughnessy OAM
Biography
Peter O'Shaughnessy (1923-2013), actor and producer, has produced many Australian plays and acted the major Shakespearian tragic roles both in Australia and overseas.
1 portrait in the collection
Ria Murch
Biography
Ria Murch (1918-2014), writer and muse, was brought up in King’s Cross and attended the Thosophist school in Mosman before acquiring secretarial skills at Miss Hales Business College.
1 portrait in the collection