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In Doubt, 2017
by Eva Collins
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Bill Collins OAM
Biography
Bill Collins OAM (1934-2019), television movie host and critic, was a high school English teacher and lecturer at teachers’ college before beginning a record 55-year stint on Australian television.
1 portrait in the collection
David Collins
Biography
David Collins (1756–1810), lieutenant-governor, began his career in the British Navy, rising to the rank of captain before being returning to dry land and being placed on half-pay in late 1783.
1 portrait in the collection
Margaret Lyttle, 2000
Eva Collins
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2003
Vali Myers, 2001
Eva Collins
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2003
Mr Movies - Bill Collins OAM, 2009
Evert Ploeg
Portrait, oil on linen
Gift of Joan Collins and the Todd-Wilson family in memory of Bill Collins 2019. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
David Collins Esq, 1804
Anthony Cardon after John T. Barber
Portrait, stipple engraving on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2015
Joan Croll
Portrait story
An interview with the indomitable Joan Croll, subject of John Brack's portrait.
Joan Kirner
Biography
Joan Kirner AC (1938-2015) was the first female premier of Victoria. Daughter of a fitter and turner and a homemaker, she attended the selective University High School, graduating from the University of Melbourne to teach in state schools.
1 portrait in the collection
Joan Croll AO
Biography
Dr Joan Croll AO (1928–2022), radiologist and physician, studied medicine at the University of Sydney and commenced practising in 1975.
2 portraits in the collection
Joan Kerr
Biography
Joan Kerr (1938-2004), art historian, writer and lecturer, was responsible for several key reference texts on Australian art.
1 portrait in the collection
Joan Redshaw AM
Biography
Joan Redshaw AM (1921–1994), medical practitioner, chose her career in opposition to her father, a judge, who thought the University of Sydney medical school was a hotbed of women's activists.
1 portrait in the collection
Those trees came back to me in my dreams
Joan Ross
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M'lady Ikebana
Joan Ross
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M'lady Ikebana
Joan Ross
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Dame Joan Sutherland OM AC DBE
Biography
Dame Joan Sutherland OM AC DBE (1926–2010) was one of the world's greatest operatic divas.
3 portraits in the collection