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Brian Cadd
Biography
Brian Cadd (b. 1946), singer/songwriter, had been a member of 1960s Melbourne band The Groop before forming Axiom, the band for which he wrote the hits 'Arkansas Grass' and 'A Little Ray of Sunshine' at the dawn of the 1970s.
1 portrait in the collection
Brian Dunlop
Biography
Brian Dunlop studied at East Sydney Technical College and won the Le Gay Brereton Prize for Drawing while still a student.
7 portraits in the collection
Brian Fitzpatrick
Biography
Brian Fitzpatrick (1905-1965) was educated at state schools in regional Victoria and Melbourne before gaining his BA from Melbourne University in 1925.
1 portrait in the collection
Brian T. Loton AC
Biography
Brian Thorley Loton AC (1929–2022) was chairman of BHP from 1992 to 1997.
2 portraits in the collection
Brian McInerney
Biography
Brian McInerney, professional photographer, was a young assistant photographer at Channel Seven in Sydney in the 1960s.
2 portraits in the collection
Brian Sherman AM
Biography
Brian Sherman AM (1943–2022) was a leading philanthropist, company director and animal rights activist.
2 portraits in the collection
Professor Brian Schmidt AC
Biography
Brian Schmidt AC (b. 1967) is a Nobel Prize-winning astronomer, based at the Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics of the Australian National University.
1 portrait in the collection
Rudolph Buchner
Biography
Little is known of Rudolph Buchner, a Sydney photographer whose parents lived in Manly.
2 portraits in the collection
Dr Gene Sherman AM
Biography
Dr Gene Sherman AM (b. 1947) is Chairman and Executive Director of Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation, a family philanthropic enterprise dedicated to the public exhibition of significant contemporary art from Australia and the Asia-Pacific region.
3 portraits in the collection
Melissa Beowulf
Biography
Melissa Beowulf grew up in Sydney, where she became a graphic artist.
2 portraits in the collection
Adam Chang (Hong Jun Zhang)
Biography
Adam Chang (Hong Jun Zhang) (b. 1960), in a Sydney based portrait painter.
2 portraits in the collection
Jane Franklin
Biography
Jane Franklin (née Griffin, 1791–1875) came to Van Diemen’s Land in 1837 following the appointment of her husband, Sir John Franklin, to the position of lieutenant-governor of the colony.
2 portraits in the collection
Ondine Sherman
Biography
Ondine Sherman (b. 1974), author and animal rights activist, grew up in Sydney and attained her undergraduate degree in communications from University of Technology Sydney.
1 portrait in the collection
Sir John Franklin
Biography
Sir John Franklin (1786-1847), Arctic explorer and governor, served under Matthew Flinders on the Investigator and later said that this experience fired his passion for exploration.
5 portraits in the collection
Don Watson
Biography
Don Watson (b. 1949), writer, is an authority on aspects of Australian history, culture, politics and language.
1 portrait in the collection
Graeme Inson
Biography
Graeme Inson (1923–2000), artist and teacher, was born in Cootamundra, New South Wales and educated at Canberra Grammar School.
6 portraits in the collection