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Ross Wilson
Biography
Ross Wilson (b. 1947), musician and producer, started playing in bands as a schoolboy, fronting the Pink Finks and the Party Machine in the late 1960s.
3 portraits in the collection
Sir Samuel Wilson
Biography
Sir Samuel Wilson was elected to the British House of Commons in 1886.
1 portrait in the collection
James Wilson
Biography
James Wilson (1760–1840), naval officer, was the commander of a ship called the Duff, which in 1797 brought a group of missionaries from the London Missionary Society to Tahiti.
1 portrait in the collection
William Hardy Wilson
Biography
William Hardy Wilson (1881-1955) - or Hardy Wilson, as he styled himself - is regarded as one of the most significant and visionary Australian architects of the twentieth century.
1 portrait in the collection
John Austin
Biography
John Austin was born and developed his skills as a photographer in England.
2 portraits in the collection
Marcie Elizabeth Fairfax
Biography
Marcie Elizabeth 'Betty' Fairfax (1907–1995) was a leading figure in fashionable circles in Sydney in the 1920s and 1930s.
1 portrait 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
Richard Nicoll
Biography
Richard Nicoll (1977‒2016), fashion designer, was born in London but spent much of his childhood in Perth.
1 portrait in the collection
Michele Aboud
Biography
Michele Aboud, commercial, fashion and portrait photographer, is a graduate of the Photographic College of London and UCLA.
1 portrait in the collection
Douglas Annand
Biography
Douglas Annand (1903–1976), graphic designer and artist, moved to Sydney from Brisbane in 1930.
2 portraits in the collection
Johann Zoffany
Biography
Johann Zoffany, painter of portraits and conversation pieces, grew up in the court of the Prince von Thurn und Taxis in Germany, where his father was employed.
1 portrait in the collection
Florence Austral
Biography
Florence Austral (1892–1968), operatic soprano, achieved international renown during the 1920s.
1 portrait in the collection