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Gubbo Thomas
Biography
Guboo Ted Thomas (1909–2002), land rights activist, was a tribal Elder of the Yuin nation and grew up on the Wallaga Lake Reserve near Narooma.
1 portrait in the collection
Thomas Atkinson
Biography
Thomas Lewis Atkinson (1817-c. 1890) is described in the Benezit Dictionary of Artists as 'one of the shining representatives of English engraving'.
1 portrait in the collection
Avril Thomas
Biography
Avril Thomas (b. 1956), artist, was born in Malaysia and went to boarding school in Scotland and Australia.
2 portraits in the collection
Rover Thomas
Biography
Rover Thomas (1926-1998), Kukatja-Wangkajunga artist, was born in the Great Sandy Desert of Western Australia and worked as a stockman and fencer before losing his employment upon the introduction of equal pay for indigenous workers in 1975.
1 portrait in the collection
Andy Thomas AO
Biography
Andy Thomas AO (b. 1951) is an astronaut. Born and educated in Adelaide, an engineer by profession, he managed a number of aeronautical programs and patented several inventions before joining NASA in 1992.
1 portrait in the collection
Thomas Phillips
Biography
Thomas Phillips was born in Dudley, Warwickshire and initially trained as a glass painter before moving to London, aged 20, with a letter of introduction to the painter Benjamin West.
6 portraits in the collection
Thomas Lord
Biography
Thomas Daunt Lord (1783–1865) was the commandant of the convict station on Maria Island from 1825 until 1832.
1 portrait in the collection
Thomas Buddle
Biography
Thomas Buddle (1812-1883), Wesleyan missionary, worked for 42 years in New Zealand, ministering to Maori and colonists in the Waikato, Auckland and the south.
1 portrait in the collection
Thomas Cook
Biography
Thomas Cook produced portraits for the Gentleman's Magazine and frontispieces for book publishers, as well as a number of single plates in different genres for Boydell.
1 portrait in the collection
Thomas Muir
Biography
Thomas Muir (1765-1799), lawyer, political activist and political convict, began studies at the University of Glasgow at the age of twelve.
2 portraits in the collection
Thomas Bock
Biography
Thomas Bock, artist, printmaker and photographer, is believed to have been born at Sutton Coldfield, near Birmingham, in 1790.
3 portraits in the collection
Hon. Thomas Playford
Biography
The Hon. Thomas Playford was a delegate from South Australia to the Constitutional Convention, Sydney, 1891.
1 portrait in the collection
Thomas Keneally AO
Biography
Thomas Keneally (b.1935), author and republican activist, has achieved a considerable reputation for the breadth and accessibility of his writing, and his passion for causes about which many Australians feel deeply.
1 portrait in the collection
Thomas J. Washbourne
Biography
Thomas J Washbourne worked as a photographer in Geelong and Melbourne in the 1860s and 70s.
1 portrait in the collection
Thomas de Kessler
Biography
Thomas de Kessler, artist, came to Australia from Hungary in 1950. Born into an academic and creative family, he spoke several languages and had attended art school before arriving in Melbourne.
3 portraits in the collection
Thomas Clark
Biography
Thomas Clark, teacher and painter, arrived in Victoria from England in about 1852, having been anatomical draftsman at King's College London and headmaster of the Birmingham School of Design.
1 portrait in the collection