


Gift of David Hume OAM 2016

Walter Lindrum OBE (1898–1960), billiard player, was born into family of billiard champions in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, where his father ran billiard rooms and a bookmaking business.
1 portrait in the collection

A portrait story exploring the life of Walter Lindrum, one of the greatest billiard players of all time.

H. Walter Barnett (1862-1934) was a leading portrait photographer of the late Victorian, Edwardian and interwar periods.
12 portraits in the collection

Walter Withers (1854-1914), painter, interior designer and teacher, trained at the Royal Academy in London before coming to Australia at the end of 1882.
1 portrait in the collection

Walter Preston, engraver and convict, came to New South Wales aboard the Guildford in 1812.
1 portrait in the collection

Walter Langhammer went to India before World War 2, fleeing the Nazis in Austria.
1 portrait in the collection

A National Portrait Gallery travelling exhibition.



Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2012



Purchased with funds provided by L Gordon Darling AC CMG 2006

Ernest Walter Histed was born in Brighton, UK, but made his reputation as a photographer in Chicago and later in Pittsburgh.
1 portrait in the collection

Sir Walter Murdoch KCMG (1874–1970), academic and essayist, was born in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, and came to Australia with his family in 1884.
1 portrait in the collection



Purchased 2013



Purchased 2009



Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Dr Robert Crocker 2003



Purchased 2012