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Tony and Maureen Wheeler, 2005
Francis Reiss, June Orford
Portrait, inkjet print on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2005
Tony Wheeler
Biography
Maureen and Tony Wheeler are the founders and owners of Lonely Planet Publications.
1 portrait in the collection
Charles Wheeler
Biography
Charles Wheeler OBE (1881–1977), artist, won the Archibald Prize in 1933 for a portrait of the popular Melbourne-based writer Ambrose Pratt.
8 portraits in the collection
Maureen Wheeler AO
Biography
Maureen and Tony Wheeler are the founders and owners of Lonely Planet Publications.
1 portrait in the collection
Charles Wheeler, 1961
Louis Kahan AO
Portrait, pen and ink on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Mrs Lily Kahan 2006
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program
Sir Ernest Thomas Fisk, 1943-1944
Charles Wheeler
Portrait, coloured chalk and black ink on artist board
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2019
Princess Elizabeth Alexandra Mary (future Queen Elizabeth II), 1942-1943
Charles Wheeler
Portrait, coloured chalk on artist board
Purchased 2019
Lieutenant Colonel Kathleen A. L. Best, 1943-1944
Charles Wheeler
Portrait, coloured chalk on artist board
Purchased 2019
Lord Casey, c. 1932
Charles Wheeler
Portrait, conté, brush and ink on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased with funds provided by L Gordon Darling AC CMG 2003
Sir Roland Hibbert Cross, 1943-1944
Charles Wheeler
Portrait, coloured chalk on artist board
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2019
His Royal Highness Prince Henry William Frederick Albert, Duke of Gloucester (Governor General of Australia), 1943-1944
Charles Wheeler
Portrait, coloured chalk with black ink highlight on artist board
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2019
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth (the Queen Mother), 1943-1944
Charles Wheeler
Portrait, coloured chalk on artist board
Purchased 2019
Tony Bilson OAM
Biography
Tony Bilson, OAM (1944-2020), chef, grew up in Melbourne and was educated at Melbourne Grammar school before opening his first restaurant, La Pomme d'Or, in Camberwell in 1971.
1 portrait in the collection
Tony Roche
Biography
Tony Roche, a left-hander with a fine backhand volley who was twice ranked No 2 in the world, was born the son of a Tarcutta butcher in 1945.
2 portraits in the collection
Tony Adam
Biography
Tony Adam (b. 1938) model, grazier and farmhand, grew up in Melbourne and attended Melbourne Grammar school, but left when he was sixteen.He went to work on Angledool and Llanillo stations in outback New South Wales and Queensland.
1 portrait in the collection
Tony Mitchell
Biography
Tony Mitchell was in a band called Wheelbarrow, who released a single, 'Dame Zara' before Mitchell left to join Harry Young and Sabbath.
3 portraits in the collection