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Christian Waller
Biography
Christian Waller (née Yandell, 1894–1954), printmaker, muralist and stained-glass artist, was born in Castlemaine, Victoria and commenced studying art at the Castlemaine School of Mines in 1905.
1 portrait in the collection
Tom Thompson
Biography
Tom Thompson (b. 1953) is a publisher and writer. During the 1980s he worked as a journalist at the Sydney Morning Herald and as publishing coordinator of the Encyclopedia of the Australian People (for the Australian Bicentennial Authority) before moving to Collins, for which he developed the Imprint label in 1988.
2 portraits in the collection
Douglas Thompson
Biography
Douglas Thompson (1932-2012) was born in Stanthorpe, QLD and served in the RAAF as a photographer and photography teacher between 1950 and 1956.
5 portraits in the collection
Jack Thompson AM
Biography
Jack Thompson AM (b. 1940) is an actor and the face of the 1970s Australian film renaissance.
3 portraits in the collection
Patricia T. Thompson OAM
Biography
Patricia Thelma Thompson OAM (née Amphlett, b. 1949), better known as Little Pattie, first appeared on Australian television at age thirteen in 1962.
1 portrait in the collection
Fred Nile MLC
Biography
The Rev. Fred Nile MLC (b. 1934) Leader of the Christian Democratic Party was born and raised in King's Cross, Sydney.
1 portrait in the collection
Ossie Cruse AM MBE
Biography
Ossie Cruse AM MBE, Aboriginal Elder and Christian Pastor, has for over 20 years been a prominent campaigner for reconciliation and social justice for Australia's indigenous peoples.
1 portrait in the collection
Michel Lawrence
Biography
Michel Lawrence (b.1948) was born in Kings Cross, Sydney and raised in Canterbury, Melbourne.
3 portraits in the collection
Captain Robert Clark Morgan
Biography
Captain Robert Clark Morgan (1798-1864), Christian mariner, whaler and diarist, entered the Royal Navy at the age of eleven, leaving at sixteen for the merchant marine and beginning a career in whaling, a pursuit he relished.
1 portrait in the collection
Susie Bick
Biography
Susie Bick (b. 1966) was born in Cheshire, England. Discovered at age fourteen, Bick had modelled for album covers for bands including Roxy Music and The Damned, appeared in advertising campaigns for Christian Dior, Yves Saint Laurent and other fashion houses, and walked the catwalk for Vivienne Westwood and others.
1 portrait in the collection
Garry Shead
Biography
Born in Sydney, Garry Shead studied at the National Art School in 1961-2.
4 portraits in the collection
Noel McGrowdie
Biography
Noel 'Digger' McGrowdie (1920-1961), jockey, was born in Brisbane and educated at a Christian Brothers School in Toowoomba before being apprenticed in Brisbane at the age of fourteen.
1 portrait in the collection
B A Santamaria
Biography
Bartholomew Augustine Santamaria (1915-1998) was an influential Catholic public intellectual, journalist and strategist.
1 portrait in the collection
Paul Fitzgerald AM
Biography
Paul Fitzgerald AM, a Melbourne-based artist, made his career as a professional portraitist.
4 portraits in the collection
Peter Corris
Biography
Peter Corris (1942-2018), author, was educated at Melbourne High School and the University of Melbourne.
1 portrait in the collection
Errol Flynn
Biography
Errol Flynn (1909-1959), actor, was born in Hobart, where his father was a biology lecturer, and spent his childhood in Tasmania, England and Sydney.
1 portrait in the collection