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Donald Horne AO
Biography
Donald Horne AO (1921-2005), academic and writer, was for nearly forty years the best-known commentator on the Australian condition.
2 portraits in the collection
Richard Henry Horne
Biography
Poet Richard Henry Horne (1802–1884) arrived in Melbourne in 1852 hoping to make money on the goldfields but ended up instead in a variety of less remunerative prospects.
1 portrait in the collection
Donald Horne, 2000
Melissa Beowulf
Portrait, oil on canvas
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Julia Horne and Nick Horne
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program 2015
Donald Horne, 2005
Sahlan Hayes
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2006
Richard Henry Horne, mid 1860s
Batchelder & Company Photo
Portrait, albumen paper carte de visite
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased with funds provided by Graham Smith 2009
Julia Swan
Biography
Harriet and Julia Swan were daughters of the successful Hobart merchant John Swan (1796–1858), who emigrated to Van Diemen’s Land in 1823 with his wife and first four daughters.
1 portrait in the collection
Julia Matthews
Biography
Julia Matthews (1842-1876), actress and singer, came to Australia as a girl with her parents, and made her debut at Sydney's Royal Victoria Theatre in 1854, aged twelve.
1 portrait in the collection
Julia Gillard AC
Biography
Julia Gillard AC (b. 1961) was the 27th Prime Minister of Australia from June 2010 to June 2013.
1 portrait in the collection
The Queen of Deakin, 2017
by Julia Ann Cameron
Image
Julia Margaret Cameron
Biography
Julia Margaret Cameron was of the most important photographers of the nineteenth century.
1 portrait in the collection
Julia Matthews, c. 1862
Davies & Co
Portrait, albumen silver photograph carte de visite on card
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2010
Portrait of Julia Swan, c. 1842
an unknown artist
Portrait, watercolour on ivory
Purchased with funds provided by L Gordon Darling AC CMG and Marilyn Darling AC 2013
Julia Gillard, 2013
by Matthew Newton
Image
Lipstick, 2009
by John Sones
Image
Joan Alone
Magazine article by Julia Gillard AC, 2015
Julia Gillard pays poignant tribute to her friend and mentor, the late Joan Kirner, Victoria’s first and only female premier.
Julia Gillard, 2013
Peter Brew-Bevan
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Gift of the artist 2013