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Walter Lindrum OBE
Biography
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
Walter Lindrum
'Wally and the game of billiards'
Portrait story
A portrait story exploring the life of Walter Lindrum, one of the greatest billiard players of all time.
Walter Lindrum OBE, c. 1932
Will Longstaff
Portrait, oil on canvas
Purchased with funds provided by L Gordon Darling AC CMG 2006
Cannonical
Magazine article by Dr Sarah Engledow, 2007
Walter Lindrum, world-famous billiards player, was one of Australia's greatest sporting champions.
H. Walter Barnett
Biography
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
Biography
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
Biography
Walter Preston, engraver and convict, came to New South Wales aboard the Guildford in 1812.
1 portrait in the collection
Walter Langhammer
Biography
Walter Langhammer went to India before World War 2, fleeing the Nazis in Austria.
1 portrait in the collection
Legends
The Art of Walter Barnett 1862-1934
Previous exhibition, 2001
A National Portrait Gallery travelling exhibition.
Winston Churchill
Walter Sickert
Image
Ernest Walter Histed
Biography
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 Samuel Walter Griffith
Biography
Sir Samuel Walter Griffith (1845-1920), chief justice and premier, was born in Wales and came to Australia aged eight with his minister father and family.A top student, at the University of Sydney Griffith excelled at classics and mathematics; the Mort scholarship enabled him to travel to Europe.
2 portraits in the collection
Sir Walter Murdoch KCMG
Biography
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
Walter Frederick Gale
Biography
Walter Frederick Gale (1865-1945), banker and astronomer, joined the Savings Bank of New South Wales in 1888.
1 portrait in the collection
Walter A Gale, 1917
Boz
Portrait, pen and ink on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2012
Corroboree, or Dance of the Natives of New South Wales, 1820
Walter Preston
Portrait, engraving, hand coloured on paper
Purchased 2013