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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 Matthews, c. 1862
Davies & Co
Portrait, albumen silver photograph carte de visite on card
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2010
Howard Matthews
Biography
Part of the Melbourne intellectual avant-garde of the 1940s, Howard Matthews was a brilliant student.
1 portrait in the collection
Grant Matthews
Biography
In 1997 Grant Matthews successfully sued Consolidated Press for unauthorised reproduction of one of his photographs.
1 portrait in the collection
Jimmy Barnes at The Coogee Bay Hotel, 1984
Grant Matthews
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Gift of John McLean 2008
Peter O'Shaughnessy, 1947
Howard Matthews
Portrait, oil on canvas
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 1999
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 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
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
Edward John Eyre, 1867
Julia Margaret Cameron
Portrait, albumen silver photograph on paper
Presented by Sir Roy Strong and the late Dr Julia Trevelyan Oman in memory of their friendship with Gordon Darling and Marilyn Darling 2006