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Gordon Watson AM
Biography
Gordon Watson AM (1921-1999), pianist and teacher, taught at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music from 1964 to 1986 and was head of its keyboard department when he retired.
1 portrait in the collection
Don Watson
Biography
Don Watson (b. 1949), writer, is an authority on aspects of Australian history, culture, politics and language.
1 portrait in the collection
Hon. Chris Watson
Biography
John Christian Watson, known as Chris Watson (1867-1941), Australia’s third Prime Minister, was born in Valparaiso, Chile, grew up in New Zealand and left school at 10 years of age to work on railway construction projects.
1 portrait in the collection
Ross Watson
Biography
Ross Watson specialises in interpolating representations of lithe semi-naked men into copies of paintings by masters such as Vermeer, Ter Borsch, David and Bronzino.
2 portraits in the collection
Mr George Watson
Biography
George John Watson (1829–1906), racing entrepreneur, was born at Ballydarton in Co.
1 portrait in the collection
Jenny Watson
Biography
Jenny Watson (b. 1951), painter and lecturer, studied painting at the NGV school and completed her Dip.
2 portraits in the collection
Hon. J H. Gordon MLC
Biography
The Hon. J.H. Gordon was a delegate from South Australia to the Constitutional Convention, Sydney, 1891.
1 portrait in the collection
L Gordon Darling AC CMG
Biography
L. Gordon Darling AC CMG (1921-2015), former company director, was the Founding Patron of the National Portrait Gallery.
2 portraits in the collection
Gordon Andrews
Biography
Gordon Andrews (1914-2001) was one of Australia's foremost industrial designers.
3 portraits in the collection
Gordon Shepherdson
Biography
Gordon Shepherdson (b. 1934), painter, was a student of Molvig's and Sibley's in Brisbane.
1 portrait in the collection
Dorothy Gordon OBE
Biography
Dorothy Gordon (Jenner) OBE, ‘Andrea’ (1891-1985), actress, dressmaker, stuntwoman, journalist, radio broadcaster and charity fundraiser, grew up on a property near Narrabri and attended boarding school in Sydney before gaining a part as a chorus girl in Girl in a Train in Melbourne in 1912.
2 portraits in the collection
Gordon Glenn
Biography
Gordon Glenn worked as an assistant cameraman on the television show Homicide before becoming the stills photographer for the pioneering Australian journal Cinema Papers.
3 portraits in the collection
Gordon Furlee Brown
Biography
Gordon Furlee Brown, whose career is not documented in standard texts on Australian photography or art, exhibited in the Victorian Salon of Photography in 1931.
3 portraits in the collection
Adam Lindsay Gordon
Biography
Adam Lindsay Gordon (1833-1870) was a poet and horseman. Well-educated, from a relatively well-to-do family, he learned to ride as a boy in England and secured a position in the South Australian Mounted Police in 1852.
1 portrait in the collection
Gordon Powell AM KCSJ
Biography
Gordon Powell AM KCSJ (1911-2005) Presbyterian minister, broadcaster and writer, is regarded as one of the most influential Australian Presbyterians.
1 portrait in the collection
John Yu AC
Biography
Dr John Yu (b.1934), retired paediatrician and hospital administrator, was born in Nanking, China and moved to Australia with his parents when he was three years old.
3 portraits in the collection