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Private virtues public lives
Magazine article by Joanna Gilmour, 2010
Family affections are preserved in a fine selection of intimate portraits.
Mary Windeyer
Biography
Mary Windeyer (née Bolton, 1837-1912), women's rights campaigner, was one of the nine children of Robert Thorley Bolton, a clergyman who emigrated to New South Wales in 1839.
3 portraits in the collection
Sir William Windeyer
Biography
Sir William Windeyer (1834-1897) was a politician and judge. One of the first undergraduates to study at the University of Sydney, he developed a particular interest in education and the rights of women - he was responsible for the Married Women's Property Act of 1879, and was Founding Chairman of the university's Women's College.
4 portraits in the collection
Jane Windeyer
Biography
Jane Windeyer (1865–1950) was the second eldest daughter of politician and judge Sir William Charles Windeyer (1834–1897) and his wife, Mary (née Bolton, 1837–1912), a leading campaigner for women’s rights.
2 portraits in the collection
Richard Windeyer
Biography
Richard Windeyer (1806-1847), journalist, barrister and politician, was the eldest of the ten children born to Charles Windeyer and his wife Ann Mary and remained in England when the rest of his family went to New South Wales.
3 portraits in the collection
Ann Mary Windeyer
Biography
Ann Mary Windeyer (née Rudd, c. 1783–1865) arrived in Sydney in 1828 with her husband Charles Windeyer (1780–1855) and nine of their ten children.
1 portrait in the collection
Charles Windeyer
Biography
Charles Windeyer (1780-1855), magistrate, emigrated to Australia in 1828, having worked as a journalist, publisher and parliamentary reporter in London.
2 portraits in the collection
Maria Windeyer
Biography
Maria Windeyer (née Camfield, 1795–1878), landowner, emigrated to New South Wales in 1835 with her husband Richard, a barrister, and their infant son, William Charles.
2 portraits in the collection
Sir William Charles Windeyer, 1892
Tom Roberts
Portrait, oil on canvas
Gift of the family of Sir Victor and Lady Windeyer 2009. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Ann Mary Windeyer, 1847
G Ziegler
Portrait, pastel and gouache on paper laid down on backing sheet
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Joanna Russell Maher (née Windeyer) 2018
Jane Windeyer, 1885
H Brusewitz
Portrait, carte de visite photograph
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the Windeyer family 2012
William Charles Windeyer, c. 1857
an unknown artist
Portrait, daguerreotype
Gift of the Windeyer family 2009
Jane Windeyer, n.d.
Madame Praeger
Portrait, carte de visite photograph
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the Windeyer family 2012
Mary Windeyer, 1850s
an unknown artist
Portrait, watercolour and gouache on ivory
Gift of the Windeyer family 2009. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Charles Windeyer, c. 1846-1849
George B. Goodman
Portrait, daguerreotype
Gift of the Windeyer family 2009
William Charles Windeyer, 1856
an unknown artist
Portrait, daguerreotype
Gift of the Windeyer family 2009