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Chips Rafferty MBE
Biography
Chips Rafferty MBE (1909–1971), screen actor, was born John Goffage in Broken Hill and nicknamed 'Chips' as a boy.
5 portraits in the collection
Chips Rafferty, c. 1945
Max Dupain OBE
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Purchased with funds provided by Timothy Fairfax AC 2003
Chips Rafferty, 1945-1947
Max Dupain OBE
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Gift of Danina Dupain Anderson 2017. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Chips Rafferty, 1970
Anthony Browell
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2003
Chips Rafferty, c. 1967-1969 (printed 2010)
Jozef Vissel
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Jozef Vissel 2011
Chips Rafferty and Helen Grieve, c. 1947
Max Dupain OBE
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Gift of Danina Dupain Anderson 2021. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Helen Grieve
Biography
Helen Grieve (1931–1981), child actress, was born in Sydney. Her first film role was in The Overlanders (1946), opposite Chips Rafferty.
1 portrait in the collection
Dusty and Jed, 2015
by Louise Whelan
Image
Max Dupain
The Vintage Years
Previous exhibition, 2003
During his long and distinguished career Max Dupain took thousands of photographs of people
Benita Collings
Biography
Benita Collings (b. 1940) actor and television personality, is best known as the longest-serving presenter on ABC TV's Play School.
1 portrait in the collection
Michelle Simmons
In their own words
In their own words
Recorded 2018
The life of Bryant
Magazine article by Tenille Hands, 2018
Tenille Hands explores a portrait prize gifted to the National Screen and Sound Archive.
Exhibition opening speech
General content
Leo Schofield introduces the exhibition, Masters of fare: chefs, winemakers, providores.
What the tree saw: David Foster, 2018
by Jacqui Stockdale
General content
Commissioned with funds provided by the Sid and Fiona Myer Family Foundation 2018