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Edith E. Williams
Biography
Edith Ellen Williams (nee Horne, (1851–1885) was the first wife of Hartley Williams (1843–1929), a Victorian Supreme Court judge from 1881 until 1903.
1 portrait in the collection
Edith Ellen Williams, c. 1871
Johnstone O'Shannessy & Co
Portrait, albumen silver photograph, hand coloured on paper
Gift of Ross and Judy O'Connell 2016
Lady Edith Knox
Biography
Edith Knox (1855–1942), matriarch, was a daughter of Janet and Scottish-born merchant and businessman Joseph Scaife Willis, who was president of the Sydney Chamber of Commerce and a founding director of the Sydney Exchange Co.
1 portrait in the collection
Lady Knox, c. 1927-1929
W B McInnes
Portrait, oil on canvas
Gift of Mrs Caroline Philippa Parker 2005. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
R. M. Williams AO CMG
Biography
RM (Reginald Murray) Williams AO CBE (1908-2003), saddlery, boot and clothing manufacturer, miner and author, moved to Adelaide from his birthplace near the Flinders Rangers when he was 10.
1 portrait in the collection
Sir Hartley Williams
Biography
Sir Hartley Williams (1843–1929), judge, was the third child and second son of Edward Eyre Williams and his wife, Jessie.
1 portrait in the collection
Harry Williams
Biography
Harry Williams (b. 1951) is a Wiradjuri man and the first Indigenous footballer to represent Australia at international level.
1 portrait in the collection
John Williams AO OBE
Biography
John Williams AO OBE, (b. 1941), guitar virtuoso, had his first guitar lessons from his father, and from the age of eleven attended summer schools with the Spanish maestro Andrés Segovia in Italy.
1 portrait in the collection
John Williams
Biography
John Williams (1796-1839), missionary, began his working life in 1810, apprenticed to an ironmonger, but in 1814 he underwent an Evangelical conversion and became a member of the Tabernacle Church (Calvinistic Methodist).
1 portrait in the collection
Fred Williams
Biography
Fred Williams OBE, painter and etcher, was one of the most important Australian artists of the twentieth century.
14 portraits in the collection
Sir Edward E. Williams
Biography
Sir Edward Eyre Williams (1813–1880), judge and barrister, arrived in Port Phillip in 1842 having been admitted to the Bar in London nine years earlier.
1 portrait in the collection
Philip Williams
Biography
During 46 years as a journalist, Philip Williams (b. 1957) covered the world’s biggest news events.
1 portrait in the collection
Barry & Alkirra – The House in Carrington, 2014
by Katherine Williams
Image
Self portrait at easel, 1960-1961
Fred Williams
Portrait, oil on masonite
Gift of Lyn Williams 1998. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program.
R. M. Williams, 1982 (printed 2005)
John Elliott
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2005
Hal Hattam, 1960
Fred Williams
Portrait, oil on masonite
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the Hattam family in memory of Hal and Kate Hattam 2006
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program