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Catholic clergymen from the Diocese of Adelaide, c. 1862
Stephen Edward Nixon
Portrait, carte de visite photograph
Purchased 2018
Stephen Ridgeway and Stephen Russell, c. 2000
Penny Tweedie
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2004
Francis Nixon
Biography
Francis Russell Nixon (1803-1879) photographer, artist and Anglican clergyman, arrived in Hobart in 1843 to take up the role of Bishop of Tasmania.
2 portraits in the collection
John Nixon
Biography
John Nixon (1949–2020), installation artist and painter, studied at the Preston Institute of Technology and the National Gallery School in the late 1960s and 1970.
1 portrait in the collection
John Nixon 1, January 1979, 1979 (printed 2012)
Robert Rooney
Portrait, inkjet print on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2012
Sketches and sermons
Magazine article by Jessica Smith, 2009
Jessica Smith looks at the 'fetching' portrait of Tasmania's first Anglican Bishop, Francis Russell Nixon by George Richmond
Francis Russell Nixon, c. 1845-1855
an unknown artist after George Richmond
Portrait, copperplate engraving, heightened with China white on buff paper
Purchased 2009
Aborigines at Oyster Cove, Tasmania, 1858 (printed 1890s)
Francis Nixon
Portrait, glass plate negative
Purchased 2011
Stephen Page AO
Biography
Stephen Page AO (b. 1965), Nunukul dancer and choreographer, has been artistic director of Bangarra Dance Theatre since 1991.
2 portraits in the collection
Osher, 2018
by Stephen Baccon
Image
Owen Yalandja, 2009
by Stephen Oxenbury
Image
Woman, child and a parrot, 2012
by Stephen Dupont
Image
Stephen Murray-Smith
Biography
Stephen Murray-Smith (1922-1988), writer and editor, was educated at Geelong Grammar and the University of Melbourne before serving in New Guinea during World War 2.
1 portrait in the collection
Stephen Murray-Smith
In their own words
In their own words
Recorded 1961
Recollections of a sinologist sitter
Magazine article by Professor Stephen FitzGerald AO, 2016
Professor Stephen Fitzgerald, Australia’s first Ambassador to China, traces the historical course from sino-australian cultural engagement to a maturing Australian identity.
Charlie's angles
Magazine article by Stephen Phillips, 2017
Stephen Phillips talks to neurosurgeon Charlie Teo about his practice, perspectives and the anatomy of hope.