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Dennis Lillee AM MBE
Biography
Dennis Lillee AM MBE (b. 1949), fast bowler, led Australia's cricketing attack through the 1970s.
1 portrait in the collection
Stephen Page AO
Biography
Stephen Page AO (b. 1965), Nunukul dancer and choreographer, has been artistic director of Bangarra Dance Theatre since 1991.
2 portraits in the collection
Russell Page
Biography
Russell Page (1968–2002), choreographer, dancer and actor, was from the Nunukul (Noonuccal) people and the Munaldjali clan of the Yugambeh people of south-east Queensland.
5 portraits in the collection
Jim Anderson
Biography
Jim Anderson was born in England, his family moving to Australia when he was one year old.
1 portrait in the collection
John Shirlow
Biography
John Shirlow (1869-1936) etcher, was the first Australian to make etching the basis of his career.
1 portrait in the collection
Beau D. Smith
Biography
Beau Dean Riley Smith is a Wiradjuri and Gamillaraay man, born in Dubbo.
1 portrait in the collection
Ethel Turner
Biography
Ethel Turner (1870-1958), writer, came to Australia with her twice-widowed mother at the age of nine.
1 portrait in the collection
Lily Brett OAM
Biography
Lily Brett OAM (b. 1946) is a New York-based novelist, essayist and poet.
2 portraits in the collection
Warumpi Band
Biography
The Warumpi Band burst onto the Australian music scene in 1984 with the release of their first album Big Name, No Blankets.
2 portraits in the collection
Shane Warne AO
Biography
Shane Warne AO (1969–2022) is the most successful wicket taker in Australia's Test history.
1 portrait in the collection
David Ramsey McNicoll CBE
Biography
David Ramsay McNicoll CBE (1914-2000) was editor-in-chief of Sir Frank Packer's Australian Consolidated Press from 1953 to 1972, and wrote an immensely popular column for the Bulletin magazine from 1972 to 1999.
1 portrait in the collection
Philippe Mora
Biography
Philippe Mora (b. 1949), filmmaker, artist and writer, is the eldest son of artist Mirka Mora and restauranteur and gallery owner Georges Mora.
1 portrait in the collection
Dillon Kombumerri
Biography
Dillon Kombumerri is a Yugembir man who grew up on Minjerriba (North Stradbroke Island).
1 portrait in the collection
Shane Maloney
Biography
Shane Maloney (b. 1953) is the creator of the popular 'Murray Whelan' series of six crime novels, beginning with Stiff (1994) and The Brush-Off (1996) and currently ending at Sucked In (2007).
1 portrait in the collection
Steven Heathcote AM
Biography
Steven Heathcote AM (b. 1964), dancer, is The Australian Ballet's longest-serving principal artist from 1987 to 2007.
1 portrait in the collection
Geoffrey R. Robertson AO KC
Biography
Geoffrey Roland Robertson AO KC (b. 1946), barrister, academic and defender of human rights, grew up in Sydney, attending Epping Boys' High and then the University of Sydney.
1 portrait in the collection