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The press conference, 2010
by Jeremy Thompson
Image
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
The Swiss Studios, Melbourne
Biography
The Swiss Studio opened in Bourke Street, Melbourne, in September 1900 and remained in business until 1920..
1 portrait in the collection
Perry, Kemp & Co
Biography
Kemp, Perry & Co. operated from 81 Bourke Street East, Melbourne, between 1873 and 1875.
1 portrait in the collection
Sir Francis Forbes KNt
Biography
Sir Francis Forbes (1784–1841) was the first chief justice of the New South Wales Supreme Court.
1 portrait in the collection
First Legislative Council of Victoria
Biography
The First Legislative Council of Victoria was formed following Victoria’s separation from New South Wales in July 1851.
1 portrait in the collection
Alexander Macleay
Biography
Alexander McLeay (aka Macleay) (1767-1848), public servant and entomologist, acquired an interest in insects while working as a clerk in London.
1 portrait in the collection
Tre, Dubbo, 2017
by David Prichard
Image
Percy Hobson
Biography
Born in the NSW town of Bourke, Percy Hobson (1943–2022) became Australia's national high-jumping champion in 1962 with a jump of 6 feet 7 inches (2.01 metres).
1 portrait in the collection
Through a child's eyes
Luke Currie-Richardson
Image
Percy Hobson, 2006
Sahlan Hayes
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on resin-coated paper
Purchased 2006
School's out
Carol Jerrems
Image
Adrian Lawlor
Biography
Adrian Lawlor, critic and artist, came to Australia from his native England at the age of about twenty.
2 portraits in the collection
Johnstone O'Shannessy & Co
Biography
Johnstone, O’Shannessy & Co was founded in Melbourne in 1864 by Henry James Johnstone and a photographer known as ‘Miss O’Shaughnessy’, who had previously been in partnership with her mother in their own photographic business in Carlton.
12 portraits in the collection
Antoine Fauchery
Biography
Antoine Fauchery (1823–1861) was a Parisian artist and writer, an occasional collaborator with Henri Murger, author of Scènes de la vie de bohème which was a chief source of the opera La bohème.
2 portraits in the collection
James Macpherson Grant, c. 1870s
Paterson Brothers
Portrait, carte de visite photograph
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of John McPhee 2018