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Fred Hilmer AO
Biography
Fred Hilmer AO (b. 1945), economic policy and reform strategist, was the chief executive officer of John Fairfax Holdings from 1998 to 2005 and vice- chancellor of the University of New South Wales from 2006 to 2015.
1 portrait in the collection
Frederick Woodhouse
Biography
Frederick Woodhouse Senior, painter, lithographer and engraver, arrived in Melbourne in 1858 in the Parsee to establish himself as a horse portraitist.
1 portrait in the collection
Frederick Bromley
Biography
Frederick Bromley was among a family of printmakers active in Britain for much of the 19th century.
1 portrait in the collection
Frederick Schoenfeld
Biography
Frederick Schoenfeld was born in Switzerland and came to Australia in 1858 as a trained lthographer.Between 1859 and 1862 he worked as illustator and lithographer for publications prepared by the National Museum of Victoria.
1 portrait in the collection
Hon. Sir Frederick Darley
Biography
Sir Frederick Darley GCMG (1830-1910), chief justice and lieutenant governor, came to New South Wales as an adult and was admitted to the Bar in 1862; in 1868 he was nominated to the Legislative Council.
1 portrait in the collection
Frederick Spofforth
Biography
Frederick Spofforth (1853–1926), fast bowler, was a member of the Australian cricket team whose defeat of England at The Oval in 1882 brought about ‘The Ashes’ Test series.
3 portraits in the collection
Frederick E. Du Faur
Biography
Frederick Eccleston du Faur (1832–1915), environmentalist, public servant and arts patron, came to Australia from his native London in 1853.
1 portrait in the collection
Frederick Cato
Biography
Frederick Cato (1858-1935), grocer and philanthropist, was born in a tent at Pleasant Creek (Stawell), to the Scottish wife of an English gold miner.
1 portrait in the collection
Frederick Lowry
Biography
Fred Lowry (1836-1863) was a stockman before he turned to cattle and horse duffing.
1 portrait in the collection
Frederick George Reynolds
Biography
Frederick George Reynolds was born in London, the son of a watercolourist, Frederick G Reynolds senior, who was a regular exhibitor at the Royal Academy.
1 portrait in the collection
Albert Frederick Calvert
Biography
Albert Frederick Calvert (1872-1946), author, traveller and mining engineer, first visited Australia in 1890, when he undertook a journey of exploration from Lake Gairdner to the upper Murchison River.
1 portrait in the collection
Walter Frederick Gale
Biography
Walter Frederick Gale (1865-1945), banker and astronomer, joined the Savings Bank of New South Wales in 1888.
1 portrait in the collection
Sir Frederick George Denham Bedford GCB GCVO
Biography
Sir Frederick George Denham Bedford GCB GCVO (1838–1913) was governor of Western Australia from 1903 to 1909.
1 portrait in the collection
Walter Lindrum OBE
Biography
Walter Lindrum OBE (1898–1960), billiard player, was born into family of billiard champions in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, where his father ran billiard rooms and a bookmaking business.
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
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