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Dame Margaret Scott AC DBE
Biography
Dame Margaret Scott AC DBE (1922-2019) ballerina and teacher, was scarred by her education in a Johannesburg convent boarding school and left her home on a Swaziland farm in 1939.
1 portrait in the collection
Dame Margaret Scott, 1949
Kenneth Rowell AM
Portrait, pen and ink, brush and ink and watercolour on paper
Gift of Professor Derek Denton AC and Dame Margaret Scott AC 2014. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Bon Scott
Biography
Ronald 'Bon' Scott (1946-1980) had come to Australia with his family in 1952, aged six, had lived in Melbourne and Fremantle, where he joined a pipe band; had dropped out of school at fifteen; and had spent some time in custody.
1 portrait in the collection
Roger Scott
Biography
Roger Scott (b. 1944) is a freelance documentary photographer known in particular for his images of protests and rallies held in Sydney in the 1970s.
2 portraits in the collection
Dolores Scott
Biography
When Michael Riley photographed Dolores Scott in the 1980s, she was a dancer with the National Aboriginal Islander Skills Development Association.
1 portrait in the collection
Rose Scott
Biography
Rose Scott (1847-1925), feminist and social reformer, devoted much of her life to campaigns that resulted in increased independence for Australian women.
1 portrait in the collection
Scott Redford
Biography
Scott Redford (b. 1962) is a highly significant and influential Australian contemporary artist who has been exhibiting since the early 1980s.
2 portraits in the collection
Bon Scott, AC/DC with fans
Bob King
Image
Stormtroopers, 2009
by Scott Newett
Image
Zareth, 2009
by Scott Bycroft
Image
Transition, 2009
by Harry Scott
Image
Goldheart
Scott A. Andrews
Image
Cloning experiment #3 The many mes, 2010
by Yanni Scott-Davis
Image
Boyca dharraka mayung ngurr gartji. Lardum ratjuk gurr (Boyca at Mayung Creek, Gartji. Hunting for barramundi)
Cassandra Scott-Finn
Image
Adam Scott by Robin Sellick
Portrait story
An interview with photographer Robin Sellick about his portrait of golfing champion Adam Scott.
Rose Scott, 1913
Annie May Moore
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2012