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Trevor Jamieson
Biography
Trevor Jamieson (b. 1975), Pitjantjatjara/Nyungar actor, didgeridoo player, guitarist, singer, dancer and storyteller, grew up in the Goldfields region of Western Australia.
1 portrait in the collection
Ellen Dahl
Biography
Ellen Dahl (b. 1968) grew up in Hammerfest in Norway and studied photography at the Brooks Institute of Photography in California.
1 portrait in the collection
Lady Ellen Stirling
Biography
Lady Ellen Stirling (1807-1874) was the third daughter of James Mangles of Woodbridge in Surrey, a Director of the East India Company and later an MP.
1 portrait in the collection
Elizabeth Sarah Ellen Carter
Biography
Elizabeth Sarah Ellen Carter (née Hill, 1845-1927) was one of the eight children born to Sydney cabinetmaker and undertaker John Hill jnr and his wife Elizabeth - the step-daughter of ex-convict boatman, John Cadman.
1 portrait in the collection
Charles Kean
Biography
Charles Kean (1811-1868), actor, threw in his Eton education when his mother was deserted by his penniless father, the tragedian Edmund Kean.
1 portrait in the collection
Robert T. Carter
Biography
Robert Thomas Carter (1843–1917) was a leading Sydney cabinetmaker and furniture warehouseman, and later an antique dealer.
2 portraits in the collection
Evert Ploeg
Biography
Evert Ploeg began his career as a commercial illustrator in the mid-1980s.
7 portraits in the collection
Ben Baker
Biography
Born in Adelaide and raised in Darwin, Ben Baker currently resides in New York City and works internationally.
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
Hélène Kirsova
Biography
Hélène Kirsova (1910–1962), dancer and founder of Kirsova Ballet, the first professional ballet company in Australia.
4 portraits in the collection
Peter Goldsworthy AM
Biography
Peter Goldsworthy AM (b. 1951), medical doctor and writer, was born in Minlaton, South Australia, and grew up in various country towns as his father, a school teacher, moved for work.
2 portraits in the collection
Thomas Stange Heiss Oscar Asche
Biography
Thomas Stange Heiss Oscar Asche (1871–1936), actor, director and producer, was one of Australia’s most successful theatre exports.
2 portraits in the collection
Edith E. Williams
Biography
Edith Ellen Williams (nee Horne, (1851–1885) was the first wife of Hartley Williams (1843–1929), a Victorian Supreme Court judge from 1881 until 1903.
1 portrait in the collection
Sir Hartley Williams
Biography
Sir Hartley Williams (1843–1929), judge, was the third child and second son of Edward Eyre Williams and his wife, Jessie.
1 portrait in the collection
James Donovan
Biography
James T Donovan (1861–1922), journalist, Catholic historian and amateur singer, was born into an Irish Catholic family in Sydney and grew up in Womerah Avenue, Darlinghurst.
1 portrait in the collection