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Joan Redshaw AM
Biography
Joan Redshaw AM (1921–1994), medical practitioner, chose her career in opposition to her father, a judge, who thought the University of Sydney medical school was a hotbed of women's activists.
1 portrait in the collection
Dr Joan M Redshaw AM, 1982
Barbara Tribe
Portrait, terracotta
Purchased 2016
Joan Croll
Portrait story
An interview with the indomitable Joan Croll, subject of John Brack's portrait.
Joan Kirner
Biography
Joan Kirner AC (1938-2015) was the first female premier of Victoria. Daughter of a fitter and turner and a homemaker, she attended the selective University High School, graduating from the University of Melbourne to teach in state schools.
1 portrait in the collection
Joan Croll AO
Biography
Dr Joan Croll AO (1928–2022), radiologist and physician, studied medicine at the University of Sydney and commenced practising in 1975.
2 portraits in the collection
Joan Kerr
Biography
Joan Kerr (1938-2004), art historian, writer and lecturer, was responsible for several key reference texts on Australian art.
1 portrait in the collection
M'lady Ikebana
Joan Ross
Image
Those trees came back to me in my dreams
Joan Ross
Image
You were my biggest regret: diary entry 1806
Joan Ross
Image
I like to name everything after myself
Joan Ross
Image
View of Manly. Land of the tame
Joan Ross
Image
M'lady Ikebana
Joan Ross
Image
Possession for men & women - Van Diemens Land
Joan Ross
Image
Dame Joan Sutherland OM AC DBE
Biography
Dame Joan Sutherland OM AC DBE (1926–2010) was one of the world's greatest operatic divas.
3 portraits in the collection
Joan Alone
Magazine article by Julia Gillard AC, 2015
Julia Gillard pays poignant tribute to her friend and mentor, the late Joan Kirner, Victoria’s first and only female premier.
Joan Kerr, 2004
Peter Drewett
Portrait, pokerwork on spotted gum
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of James Semple Kerr 2004