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Sir Donald Bradman AC
Biography
Sir Donald Bradman AC (1908-2001), Australia's preeminent cricketer, is regularly named the greatest player the game has ever known.
2 portraits in the collection
Donald Horne AO
Biography
Donald Horne AO (1921-2005), academic and writer, was for nearly forty years the best-known commentator on the Australian condition.
2 portraits in the collection
Donald Cameron
Biography
Donald Cameron (1927-2018), Melbourne-born painter and teacher, attended Scotch College before beginning work as an engraver for the Commonwealth Bank in 1943.
2 portraits in the collection
Donald Friend
Biography
Donald Friend (1915-1989), painter, writer and diarist, studied at the RAS and Dattilo-Rubbo’s school in Sydney before spending 1935 and 1936 at the Westminster School in London.
2 portraits in the collection
Sir Lloyd Dumas
Biography
Sir Lloyd Dumas (1891-1973), journalist, began his career as a cadet for the Adelaide Advertiser.
1 portrait in the collection
Lady Anne Maria Barkly
Biography
Anne Maria Barkly (1838-1932) was the second wife of Sir Henry Barkly, Governor of Victoria from December 1856 to September 1863.
1 portrait in the collection
George Johnston OBE
Biography
George Henry Johnston OBE (1912-1970), journalist and novelist, grew up in Elsternwick, a working-class suburb of Melbourne.
1 portrait in the collection
Joshua Payne
Biography
Joshua Payne (1810–1889), engraver and die-sinker, arrived in Adelaide around 1849 and was soon after employed by the Adelaide Assay Office.
1 portrait in the collection
Melissa Beowulf
Biography
Melissa Beowulf grew up in Sydney, where she became a graphic artist.
2 portraits in the collection
Edith E. Williams
Biography
Edith Ellen Williams (nee Horne, (1851–1885) was the first wife of Hartley Williams (1843–1929), a Victorian Supreme Court judge from 1881 until 1903.
1 portrait in the collection
Sir Hartley Williams
Biography
Sir Hartley Williams (1843–1929), judge, was the third child and second son of Edward Eyre Williams and his wife, Jessie.
1 portrait in the collection
Mark Taylor AO
Biography
Mark Taylor AO (b. 1964) was captain of the Australian cricket team from 1994 until his retirement from Test cricket in 1999.
1 portrait in the collection
John Noone
Biography
John Noone, photographer and lithographer, began advertising the services of his ‘Photographic Establishment’ in the Melbourne Argus in September 1858, and worked from two separate addresses on Collins Street from this time until 1862.
1 portrait in the collection
Lowe Kong Meng
Biography
Lowe Kong Meng (1831–1888), merchant, was born and grew up in the British colony of Penang and came to Melbourne in 1853.
1 portrait in the collection
Robert Henderson Croll
Biography
Robert Henderson Croll (1869-1947), author, worked as a clerk in the Victorian public service for over 40 years, but is better remembered for his books and journalism.
2 portraits in the collection
Charles Joseph La Trobe
Biography
Charles Joseph La Trobe (1801-1875), colonial administrator, travelled widely in Europe and America before beginning his colonial career in the West Indies in 1837.
3 portraits in the collection