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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.
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
Frank McIlwraith
Biography
Frank McIlwraith was the London representative for the Australian periodical Smith's Weekly in the late 1930s.
1 portrait in the collection
Frank Watters OAM
Biography
Geoffrey Legge (b. 1935) and Frank Watters (1934–2020) ran Watters Gallery in Darlinghurst from 1964 to 2018.
3 portraits in the collection
Frank Hurley OBE
Biography
Frank Hurley (1885-1962), photographer, first made his name on Douglas Mawson's Australasian Antarctic Expedition of 1911-14.
2 portraits in the collection
Frank Lowy AC
Biography
Sir Frank Lowy AC (b. 1930) businessman, property developer and philanthropist, founded the Westfield group of shopping centres.
2 portraits in the collection
Frank Gardiner
Biography
Francis Gardiner (Christie) (1830-c. 1903), bushranger, came to New South Wales with his family as a child.
1 portrait in the collection
Frank Hinder
Biography
Francis Henry Critchley Hinder (1906-1992) was a pioneer of abstract art in Australia.
18 portraits in the collection
Frank Hinder
In their own words
In their own words
Recorded 1963
Self portrait, c. 1911
Frank Hurley OBE
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Purchased 2005
Self portrait, 1949
Frank Hinder
Portrait, pencil on paper
Gift of an anonymous donor 2007
Frank Edward Wootton
Biography
Francis Edward (Frank) Wootton (1893-1940), jockey, was born into the family of a Sydney horse trainer who is said to have been so determined that his sons would become jockeys that he denied them adequate meals.
1 portrait in the collection