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Sir Mark Sheldon
Biography
Sir Mark Sheldon (1871-1956), businessman, was the Chairman of the first Repatriation Board of NSW.
1 portrait in the collection
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
John Kaldor AO
Biography
John Kaldor, textile designer and manufacturer, was born in Hungary. He came to Australia with his family in 1948.
1 portrait in the collection
Mickey Johnson
Biography
Mickey Johnson (1834-1906) was an Indigenous leader in the Illawarra district of New South Wales during the second half of the nineteenth century.
1 portrait in the collection
Penny Sackett
Biography
Penny Sackett (b. 1956), physicist, astronomer and former Chief Scientist for Australia, gained her undergraduate degree in her home state of Nebraska, USA, before earning a PhD in theoretical physics at the University of Pittsburgh in 1984.
1 portrait in the collection
Sir Robert Gibson
Biography
Sir Robert Gibson GBE (1863-1934) trained in design and drafting in Glasgow, where he began work as a designer at an iron company; he soon became manager of its London office.
1 portrait in the collection
Nicholas Whitlam
Biography
Nicholas Whitlam is a banker and company director. He has over thirty years experience in all aspects of banking and finance; in recent years he has been active in major corporate re-organizations and reconstructions, in Australia and overseas, and has served as an adviser to Deutsche Bank AG.
1 portrait in the collection
Richard Humphry AO
Biography
Richard Humphry AO (b. 1939) was the managing director and CEO of Australian Stock Exchange Ltd from 1994 to 2004, during which period, in 1998, the ASX became the first exchange in the world to simultaneously demutualise and list on its own exchange.
1 portrait in the collection
Elaine Pelot-Syron
Biography
Elaine Pelot-Syron grew up in Miami and came to Australia to teach English in 1971.
1 portrait in the collection
Edward Sawden
Biography
Eddie Sawden was a surfer and board manufacturer on the Gold and Tweed Coasts in the 1960s and 1970s, a regular on beaches such as Burleigh, Currumbin, Kirra and Greenmount.
1 portrait in the collection
Bob McTavish
Biography
Bob McTavish began surfing in Queensland at the age of twelve - and for decades, he has written, he slept in cars, eating bread, bananas and the occasional spider and surfing at every opportunity.
2 portraits in the collection
Dr Robert (Bob) Edwards AO
Biography
Dr Robert (Bob) Edwards AO (1930-2023) made a remarkable contribution to the cultural sector in Australia.
1 portrait in the collection
Harold Darling
Biography
Harold Darling (1885-1950) was chairman of BHP from 1922 to 1950. Born in Adelaide, he entered his father's milling and grain business when he was 18.
2 portraits in the collection
Rod McGeoch
Biography
Rod McGeoch AM (b. 1946) studied law at the University of Sydney before joining the ABC to forge a long career as a law reporter, commentator and spokesman; with Margaret Throsby, he won the Golden Gavel Award for Excellence in Legal Reporting.
1 portrait in the collection
Sir Clive McPherson
Biography
Sir Clive McPherson (1884-1958), pastoralist and businessman, was the son of a bank manager, and his mother was a pianist who came from a pastoral family.
1 portrait in the collection
John Bertrand
Biography
John Bertrand AO (b. 1946) is a successful yachtsman, Olympian, sports administrator, businessman and philanthropist.
1 portrait in the collection