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Frank Edward Wootton
Biography
Francis Edward (Frank) Wootton (1893-1940), jockey, was born into the family of a Sydney horse trainer who is said to have been so determined that his sons would become jockeys that he denied them adequate meals.
1 portrait in the collection
Frank Wootton, c. 1908
Sir Leslie Ward, Hentschel-Colourtype, Vanity Fair Magazine
Portrait, chromolithograph on paper
Gift of Ronald A Walker 2009. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Frank McIlwraith
Biography
Frank McIlwraith was the London representative for the Australian periodical Smith's Weekly in the late 1930s.
1 portrait in the collection
Frank Watters OAM
Biography
Geoffrey Legge (b. 1935) and Frank Watters (1934–2020) ran Watters Gallery in Darlinghurst from 1964 to 2018.
3 portraits in the collection
Frank Hurley OBE
Biography
Frank Hurley (1885-1962), photographer, first made his name on Douglas Mawson's Australasian Antarctic Expedition of 1911-14.
2 portraits in the collection
Sir Frank Packer
Biography
Sir Douglas Frank Hewson Packer KBE (1906-1974), media proprietor, grew up in Sydney and became a cadet journalist on the Daily Guardian, owned by his father RC Packer, in 1923.
2 portraits in the collection
Frank Lowy AC
Biography
Sir Frank Lowy AC (b. 1930) businessman, property developer and philanthropist, founded the Westfield group of shopping centres.
2 portraits in the collection
Frank Gardiner
Biography
Francis Gardiner (Christie) (1830-c. 1903), bushranger, came to New South Wales with his family as a child.
1 portrait in the collection
Frank Hinder
Biography
Francis Henry Critchley Hinder (1906-1992) was a pioneer of abstract art in Australia.
18 portraits in the collection
Frank Hinder
In their own words
In their own words
Recorded 1963
Self portrait, c. 1911
Frank Hurley OBE
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Purchased 2005
Self portrait, 1949
Frank Hinder
Portrait, pencil on paper
Gift of an anonymous donor 2007
Professor Frank Fenner AC CMG MBE FAA FRS
Biography
Professor Frank Fenner's outstanding career has been marked by two achievements of considerable magnitude, namely the eradication of smallpox and the introduction of myxomatosis in Australia for rabbit control.
4 portraits in the collection
Sir Frank MacFarlane Burnet OM AK KBE
Biography
Sir Frank Macfarlane Burnet OM AK KBE (1899–1985), medical scientist, was awarded the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1960 for his work with Sir Peter Medawar on acquired immunological tolerance, paving the way for successful human organ transplants.
5 portraits in the collection
Frank Adams Iredale
Biography
Francis Adams Iredale (1867–1926), cricketer and journalist, was born in the inner Sydney suburb of Surry Hills, the son of an ironmonger and his Irish-born wife.
1 portrait in the collection
Portrait of Lin Bloomfield, 1992
Frank Hinder
Portrait, mixed media, fibre-tipped pen, pencil charcoal, pastel, gouache on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Lin Bloomfield 2017