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Sir Donald Bradman AC
Biography
Sir Donald Bradman AC (1908-2001), Australia's preeminent cricketer, is regularly named the greatest player the game has ever known.
2 portraits in the collection
Donald Horne AO
Biography
Donald Horne AO (1921-2005), academic and writer, was for nearly forty years the best-known commentator on the Australian condition.
2 portraits in the collection
Donald Cameron
Biography
Donald Cameron (1927-2018), Melbourne-born painter and teacher, attended Scotch College before beginning work as an engraver for the Commonwealth Bank in 1943.
2 portraits in the collection
Donald Friend
Biography
Donald Friend (1915-1989), painter, writer and diarist, studied at the RAS and Dattilo-Rubbo’s school in Sydney before spending 1935 and 1936 at the Westminster School in London.
2 portraits in the collection
Gary Grealy
Biography
Gary Grealy (b. 1950) has established himself over many years as one of Sydney’s leading commercial and portrait photographers with work commissioned by leading advertising agencies and major national and international clients.
11 portraits in the collection
Melissa Beowulf
Biography
Melissa Beowulf grew up in Sydney, where she became a graphic artist.
2 portraits in the collection
Mark Taylor AO
Biography
Mark Taylor AO (b. 1964) was captain of the Australian cricket team from 1994 until his retirement from Test cricket in 1999.
1 portrait in the collection
George Moore
Biography
George Moore (1923-2008), champion jockey, was born in Mackay, Qld and was apprenticed in Brisbane in 1938.
1 portrait in the collection
Sahlan Hayes
Biography
Born in the United Kingdom, Sahlan Hayes lived with his family in the USA, New Zealand and the United Kingdom before settling in Australia.
9 portraits in the collection
Mike Brown
Biography
Mike Brown (1938-1997) artist, was a participant (with Ross Crothall and Colin Lanceley) in the 1962 Annandale Imitation Realists exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art and Design, Melbourne.
1 portrait in the collection
Robin Sellick
Biography
Robin Sellick (b. 1967), photographer, is well known for his distinctive portraits of Australian actors, musicians, politicians and athletes.
17 portraits in the collection
Justin O'Brien
Biography
Justin O'Brien (1917-1996) was one of the major Australian artists of his generation.
3 portraits in the collection
Dame Nellie Melba GBE
Biography
Dame Nellie Melba GBE (1861–1931), world-renowned soprano, was born Helen Porter Mitchell in Melbourne.
8 portraits in the collection
Tom LeGarde
Biography
Tom LeGarde (1931–2021) and Ted LeGarde (1931–2018), 'The LeGarde Twins', were early pioneers of country music.
1 portrait in the collection
Helen Reddy
Biography
Helen Reddy (1941–2020), singer/songwriter, is best known for her anthem for women’s liberation, 'I am Woman', inspired by Australian feminist and rock journalist Lillian Roxon.
1 portrait in the collection
Ted LeGarde
Biography
Ted LeGarde (1931–2018) and Tom LeGarde (1931–2021), ‘The LeGarde Twins’, were early pioneers of country music.
1 portrait in the collection