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The National Portrait Gallery acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of Country throughout Australia and recognises the continuing connection to lands, waters and communities. We pay our respect to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures and to Elders both past and present.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are warned that this website contains images of deceased persons.

Portrait of Deborah Vernon Hackett
Portrait of Deborah Vernon Hackett
Portrait of Deborah Vernon Hackett

Portrait of Deborah Vernon Hackett, c. 1905

Florence Ada Fuller
Portrait, oil on canvas

Purchased with funds provided by Marilyn Darling AC 2005

Untitled, 2020 Steph Fuller

Untitled

Steph Fuller
Image
First Conservative Whip (Sir Alexander Fuller-Acland-Hood Bart MP)

Sir Alexander Fuller-Acland-Hood Bart

Biography

Sir Alexander Fuller-Acland-Hood Bart MP (1853-1917) was MP for West Somerset from 1892 to 1911, when he was created Lord St Audries.

1 portrait in the collection

First Conservative Whip (Sir Alexander Fuller-Acland-Hood Bart MP)
First Conservative Whip (Sir Alexander Fuller-Acland-Hood Bart MP)
First Conservative Whip (Sir Alexander Fuller-Acland-Hood Bart MP)

First Conservative Whip (Sir Alexander Fuller-Acland-Hood Bart MP), 1903

Sir Leslie Ward, Vincent Brooks, Day & Son, Vanity Fair Magazine
Portrait, chromolithograph on paper

Gift of Ronald Walker 2002

Florence Austral

Florence Austral

Biography

Florence Austral (1892–1968), operatic soprano, achieved international renown during the 1920s.

1 portrait in the collection

Florence Broadhurst

Florence Broadhurst

Biography

Florence Broadhurst (1899-1977), designer, grew up in rural Queensland, where she won a singing competition in 1915 and performed regularly in various towns.

2 portraits in the collection

Lady Packer

Lady Florence Packer

Biography

Lady Florence Packer (1915-2012) was born in Paris to Edmond Porges, a major in the British Army, and his Russian wife Marie-Mathilde Brodsky.

1 portrait in the collection

Portrait of Florence Broadhurst
Portrait of Florence Broadhurst
Portrait of Florence Broadhurst

Portrait of Florence Broadhurst, 1968

Joshua Smith
Portrait, oil on canvas

Purchased 2007

Florence Austral
Florence Austral
Florence Austral

Florence Austral, c. 1930

Howard Barron
Portrait, oil on canvas

Gift of the University of Newcastle (Australia) 2007

Florence Broadhurst
Florence Broadhurst
Florence Broadhurst

Florence Broadhurst, 1975

Lewis Morley
Portrait, type C photograph on paper

Gift of the artist 2003. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Florence Cardell-Oliver

Dame Annie Florence Cardell-Oliver DBE

Biography

Dame Annie Florence Cardell-Oliver DBE (1876–1965), politician, grew up in Melbourne before marrying David Sykes Boyd, a wool buyer, and returning with him to England.

1 portrait in the collection

Lady Packer
Lady Packer
Lady Packer

Lady Packer, 1968

Cecil Beaton
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Lady Florence Packer 2004

Lady Flo, 2011 by Russell Shakespeare

Lady Flo, 2011

by Russell Shakespeare
Image
Portrait of Florence Broadhurst

Be bold

Magazine article by Katherine Russell, 2007

The name of Florence Broadhurst, one of Australia’s most significant wallpaper and textile designers, is now firmly cemented in the canon of Australian art and design.

Florence Cardell-Oliver
Florence Cardell-Oliver
Florence Cardell-Oliver

Florence Cardell-Oliver, n.d.

Broothorn Studios
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper laid on photography studio backing board

Gift of Chris Nielsen 2016

Florence Austral

Pretty in peach

Magazine article by Joanna Gilmour, 2008
It's remarkable that the inner Melbourne suburb of Richmond has produced two of Australia's most successful opera singers. Three decades apart, but within a short distance of each other, both Helen Porter Mitchell and Florence Wilson were born.
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