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Lady Florence Packer
Biography
Lady Florence Packer (1915-2012) was born in Paris to Edmond Porges, a major in the British Army, and his Russian wife Marie-Mathilde Brodsky.
1 portrait in the collection
Lady Packer, 1968
Cecil Beaton
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Lady Florence Packer 2004
Sir Frank Packer
Biography
Sir Douglas Frank Hewson Packer KBE (1906-1974), media proprietor, grew up in Sydney and became a cadet journalist on the Daily Guardian, owned by his father RC Packer, in 1923.
2 portraits in the collection
Portrait of Mr Frank Packer, 1956
Judy Cassab AO CBE
Portrait, oil on composition board
Gift of the Packer family 2006
Sir Frank Packer, n.d.
Louis Kahan AO
Portrait, fibre-tipped pen on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Mrs Lily Kahan 2017
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program
Vintage Cassab
Magazine article by Dr Sarah Engledow, 2006
The oil portrait of Sir Frank Packer KBE by Judy Cassab was gifted to the National Portrait Gallery in 2006.
Florence Austral
Biography
Florence Austral (1892–1968), operatic soprano, achieved international renown during the 1920s.
1 portrait in the collection
Florence Broadhurst
Biography
Florence Broadhurst (1899-1977), designer, grew up in rural Queensland, where she won a singing competition in 1915 and performed regularly in various towns.
2 portraits in the collection
Portrait of Florence Broadhurst, 1968
Joshua Smith
Portrait, oil on canvas
Purchased 2007
Florence Austral, c. 1930
Howard Barron
Portrait, oil on canvas
Gift of the University of Newcastle (Australia) 2007
Florence Broadhurst, 1975
Lewis Morley
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Gift of the artist 2003. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Dame Annie Florence Cardell-Oliver DBE
Biography
Dame Annie Florence Cardell-Oliver DBE (1876–1965), politician, grew up in Melbourne before marrying David Sykes Boyd, a wool buyer, and returning with him to England.
1 portrait in the collection
Lady Flo, 2011
by Russell Shakespeare
Image
Be bold
Magazine article by Katherine Russell, 2007
The name of Florence Broadhurst, one of Australia’s most significant wallpaper and textile designers, is now firmly cemented in the canon of Australian art and design.
Portrait of Deborah Vernon Hackett, c. 1905
Florence Ada Fuller
Portrait, oil on canvas
Purchased with funds provided by Marilyn Darling AC 2005
Florence Cardell-Oliver, n.d.
Broothorn Studios
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper laid on photography studio backing board
Gift of Chris Nielsen 2016