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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
William Baker Ashton
Biography
William Baker Ashton (1800-1854) was the first governor of Adelaide Gaol.
1 portrait in the collection
Graeme Drendel
Biography
Graeme Drendel (b. 1953) is a Melbourne-based painter and printmaker.
1 portrait in the collection
Graeme Inson
Biography
Graeme Inson (1923–2000), artist and teacher, was born in Cootamundra, New South Wales and educated at Canberra Grammar School.
6 portraits in the collection
Graeme Murphy AO
Biography
Graeme Murphy AO (b. 1950), choreographer and dancer, was co-artistic director of the Sydney Dance Company with his wife Janet Vernon AM for three decades.
3 portraits in the collection
Professor Graeme Clark AO
Biography
Graeme M. Clark AO (b. 1935) is Laureate Professor of Otolaryngology at the University of Melbourne and the Director of the Bionic Ear Institute.
3 portraits in the collection
Peter O'Shaughnessy OAM
Biography
Peter O'Shaughnessy (1923-2013), actor and producer, has produced many Australian plays and acted the major Shakespearian tragic roles both in Australia and overseas.
1 portrait in the collection
Ada May Plante
Biography
Ada May Plante (1875–1950), artist, was born in New Zealand and came to Melbourne with her family in 1888.
1 portrait in the collection
Bernie McGann
Biography
Bernie McGann (b.1938?), alto saxophonist, became the first Jazz musician to win the Australia Council $60,000 Don Banks Music Award (1998).
1 portrait in the collection
Lesley Moline
Biography
West Australian-born Lesley Moline (née O’Toole) studied at Perth Technical College before moving to Melbourne in 1933.
1 portrait in the collection
Elliott and Fry
Biography
Elliott & Fry, a photography studio and photographic film manufacturer, was founded in 1863 at 55-56 Baker Street, London by Joseph John Elliott and Clarence Edmund Fry.
2 portraits in the collection
Ernest Walter Histed
Biography
Ernest Walter Histed was born in Brighton, UK, but made his reputation as a photographer in Chicago and later in Pittsburgh.
1 portrait in the collection
John Pascoe Fawkner
Biography
John Pascoe Fawkner (1792-1869), sometimes called the 'Founder of Melbourne', was a pioneer and adventurer.
2 portraits in the collection
Janet Vernon AM
Biography
Janet Vernon AM, dancer, met her life and professional partner, Graeme Murphy, at the Australian Ballet School.
1 portrait in the collection
Sir Kenneth Gillespie
Biography
Sir Kenneth Gillespie (1929–2010), dancer, teacher and founder of the Tasmanian Ballet, left his native Launceston at age sixteen to join the Borovansky Ballet in Melbourne.
1 portrait in the collection
Bob Barnard AM
Biography
Bob Barnard AM (1933-2022), jazz cornettist, grew up in a Melbourne musical family and started on cornet with a local brass band at the age of 12.
1 portrait in the collection