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June Dally-Watkins OAM
Biography
June Dally-Watkins OAM (1927–2020), model, deportment icon and entrepreneur, grew up on a property at Watsons Creek in the New England district of New South Wales.
3 portraits in the collection
June Dally-Watkins, 1949 (printed 2008)
Max Dupain OBE
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Purchased 2008
June Dally-Watkins, 1959
Judy Cassab AO CBE
Portrait, oil on canvas
Purchased with funds provided by the Annual Appeal 2023
June Dally Watkins, c. 1968 (printed 2017)
Robert McFarlane
Portrait, inkjet print on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2017
H.R.H. The Prince of Wales, c. 1863
John & Charles Watkins
Portrait, albumen paper carte de visite photograph on card
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2020
June Orford
Biography
June Orford has collaborated with Francis Reiss on a number of projects.
5 portraits in the collection
June Mendoza AO OBE
Biography
June Mendoza AO OBE (1924–2024) was born into a musical family in Melbourne and started sketching portraits while touring with her mother, a composer and pianist.
1 portrait in the collection
Powerful Indigenous women
Magazine article by June Oscar AO, 2017
June Oscar AO lauds three iconic Aboriginal figures in the Portrait Gallery collection who have inspired and influenced her.
Barry Tuckwell, 1991
June Mendoza AO OBE
Portrait, oil on canvas
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of David Tuckwell 2018
June Elliott, c. 2000
Penny Tweedie
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2004
Mervyn Godfrey, 2009
June Orford, Tim Ainsworth
Portrait, inkjet print on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of June Orford 2009
The Rt Rev Barbara Darling, 2008
Francis Reiss, June Orford
Portrait, inkjet print on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2009
Tony and Maureen Wheeler, 2005
Francis Reiss, June Orford
Portrait, inkjet print on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2005
Gordon and Marilyn Darling, 1994
Francis Reiss, June Orford
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Gift of Francis Reiss 2009
The Godfrey family of Melways guides, 2009
Francis Reiss, June Orford, Tim Ainsworth
Portrait, inkjet print on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2009
2023 Annual Appeal
Annual Appeal
In 2023 the Annual Appeal was focussed on a work by one of Australia's best loved and most successful portrait painters, Judy Cassab AO CBE, depicting model, entrepreneur and deportment icon, June Dally-Watkins OAM.