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Alan Bishop Stretton AO OBE LLB
Biography
Alan Bishop Stretton AO OBE LLB (1922-2012) enlisted in the Australian Army in 1940 as a private and retired as a Major-General in 1978 being one of the few Australian generals to rise from the ranks.
1 portrait in the collection
Major General Alan Stretton, 1987
Gwendolene Pratt
Portrait, oil on canvas laid on composition board
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the Stretton family 1999
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program
Alan Mitchell
Biography
Alan Mitchell is based in Melbourne and specialises in room set photography.
4 portraits in the collection
Alan Goldberg AO QC
Biography
Alan Goldberg AO QC (1940-2016), Federal Court judge, was born into a pioneering Jewish Melbourne family and graduated from the University of Melbourne law school in the early 1960s.
1 portrait in the collection
Alan Marshall AM OBE
Biography
Alan Marshall AM OBE (1902-1984), writer, began life in Victoria’s Western District.
4 portraits in the collection
Alan Sandow
Biography
Alan Sandow (b. 1952), drummer, joined Clive Shakespeare in the initial Sherbet lineup in 1969, before Daryl Braithwaite joined the band.
3 portraits in the collection
Alan Sumner MBE
Biography
Alan Sumner MBE (1911-1994) was a painter, printmaker, teacher and stained glass designer.
1 portrait in the collection
Alan Jessop
Biography
Alan Jessop OAM (b. 1930) is known to Canberrans as the Salvo Man, having collected donations for the Salvation Army in the city for over 30 years.
1 portrait in the collection
Alan Jones
Biography
Alan Jones (b. 1977), artist, completed an advanced diploma of fine arts at the National Art School, Sydney, in 1997.
1 portrait in the collection
Alan Alder
Biography
Alan Alder (1937–2019), dancer and ballet teacher, began his career studying tap and Scottish highland dancing in Canberra.
2 portraits in the collection
Alan Bond
Biography
Born in London, Alan Bond (1938–2015) emigrated with his family in 1950 and began his working life as a signwriter.
2 portraits in the collection
Alan Marshall
In their own words
In their own words
Recorded 1964
Elia, 2006
by Alan Lesheim
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Simon, Docklands, 2018
by Alan Weedon
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James – back to life, 2014
by Alan McDonald
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Brad, Carlton North
Alan Weedon
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