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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.
Thomas Stange Heiss Oscar Asche
Biography
Thomas Stange Heiss Oscar Asche (1871–1936), actor, director and producer, was one of Australia’s most successful theatre exports.
2 portraits in the collection
Oscar Asche, c. 1905
London Stereoscopic and Photographic Company
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on cabinet card
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2015
Kismet (Mr Oscar Asche), 1912-1913
Alick Ritchie, Vincent Brooks, Day & Son, Vanity Fair Magazine
Portrait, chromolithograph on paper
Gift of Ronald A Walker 2009. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
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
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
Barry Tuckwell, 1991
June Mendoza AO OBE
Portrait, oil on canvas
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of David Tuckwell 2018
June Dally-Watkins, 1959
Judy Cassab AO CBE
Portrait, oil on canvas
Purchased with funds provided by the Annual Appeal 2023
June Elliott, c. 2000
Penny Tweedie
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2004
June Dally Watkins, c. 1968 (printed 2017)
Robert McFarlane
Portrait, inkjet print on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2017
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