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Hon. John Fairfax MLC
Biography
John Fairfax (1805-1877) was a newspaper publisher whose purchase of the Sydney Morning Herald in 1841 began a family association with the paper that would last for over five generations and nearly 150 years.
3 portraits in the collection
Tan Le
'So many stars'
Portrait story
Tech entrepreneur Tan Le and photographer John Tsiavis.
John Fairfax, 1873
Charles Summers
Portrait, carrara marble
Gift of John Fairfax Holdings Ltd 2002. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
John Fairfax, mid to late 19th century
Achille Simonetti
Portrait, carrara marble on scagliola column
Gift of John Fairfax Holdings Ltd 2002. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
John Fairfax, c. 1860
Edwin Dalton
Portrait, pastel on paper laid on canvas
Gift of John Fairfax Holdings Ltd 2002. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
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John Mitchel with John Martin and Father John Kenyon [the three Johns], 1866
Edouard Gatel
Portrait, carte de visite photograph
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2016
Opening of the First Legislative Council of Victoria by Governor Charles Joseph LaTrobe at St Patrick's Hall, Bourke Street West, Melbourne November 13th 1851, 1883
John Noone after William Strutt
Portrait, photolithograph on paper
Purchased 2013
Lieutenant Watts, 1789
John Sherwin after Samuel Shelley
Portrait, stipple engraving on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2011
Edward John Eyre, Late Governor of Jamaica, 1867
John Brown after H Hering
Portrait, engraving on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased with funds provided by Karen McLeod Adair and Anthony Adair 2003
Captain Sir John Franklin, 1830
John Thomson after William Derby
Portrait, engraving on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Ted and Gina Gregg 2012
General Ralph Darling, Governor of New South Wales, c. 1840
John R. Jackson after John Linnell
Portrait, mezzotint on paper
Purchased 2018
John Roper, 1860s
John Buchanan Smith
Portrait, carte de visite photograph
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of John Sandefur 2019
Professor Ralph Blacket, 1994
John Caldwell
Portrait, mixed media on archival mount board
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2017
John Laws, 1981
John Williams
Portrait, montage of gelatin silver photographs
Purchased 1999
John Williamson, Springbrook, Qld, 2004
John Elliott
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2005
John Cargher holding a long play record, c. 1986
John Spooner
Portrait, pen and ink and brush and ink on paper laid on cardboard
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2009