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Hugh Hamilton
Biography
Hugh Hamilton (b. 1957) is a photographer and videographer who works between Sydney and Los Angeles.
1 portrait in the collection
John Hamilton
Biography
As a young reporter for the Melbourne Age, John Hamilton (b.1940 UK, migrated to Aust.
1 portrait in the collection
Patrick Dawson
Biography
Patrick Dawson is believed to have been trained as a surveyor and learnt photography while surveying in Victoria in the 1850s.
1 portrait in the collection
George Barrable
Biography
George Hamilton Barrable was a painter of portraits and landscapes, active in London in the 1870s and 1880s, who exhibited regularly at the Royal Academy..
1 portrait in the collection
Mick Dodson
Biography
Michael (Mick) Dodson AM (b. 1950) is a Yawuru man from the southern Kimberley in Western Australia.
1 portrait in the collection
George Garrard
Biography
George Garrard ARA, born in London, trained under the animal painter Sawrey Gilpin and enrolled at the Royal Academy Schools at the end of 1778.
1 portrait in the collection
Michelle de Kretser
Biography
Michelle de Kretser (b. 1957), author, came to Melbourne with her Sinhalese Dutch parents in 1972.
1 portrait in the collection
Mr Robert Oatley AO
Biography
Robert Oatley AO (1928–2016), businessman, was one of Australia’s most successful wine industry figures.
Darby McCarthy OAM
Biography
Richard 'Darby' McCarthy OAM (1945–2020), former jockey who rode in three Melbourne Cups and won more than 1000 races, is a proud descendant of the Mithaka and Goongurri people of south-west and central Queensland.
1 portrait in the collection
Henry Wade
Biography
Henry Wade (1810–1854), surveyor, was trained in surveying at Dublin College before being employed as a civilian assistant by the Royal Engineers Corps.
1 portrait in the collection