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Glyn Davis AC
Biography
Professor Glyn Davis AC is Secretary to the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet.
1 portrait in the collection
John Davis
Biography
Alan Davies' and Peter Stanbury's The Mechanical Eye in Australia lists Sydney photographer John Davis (life dates unknown) as having a carte-de visite studio on King Street, and as working from addresses on Pitt and George Streets between 1870 and 1873..
1 portrait in the collection
Judy Davis
Biography
Judy Davis (b. 1955), actor, director and two-time Oscar nominee, has won many acting accolades, including eight AACTA awards, three Emmy awards, two BAFTAs and two Golden Globes.
3 portraits in the collection
Lew Hoad
Biography
Lew Hoad (1934-1994), tennis champion, was born in Sydney. He played his first Davis Cup competition in 1952 and helped the Australian team to victory with a thrilling win over Tony Trabert.
1 portrait in the collection
Harry Hopman
Biography
Harry Hopman (1906-1985), tennis professional, won seven major Australian titles in the 1930s, notably four mixed doubles with his first wife, Nell Hall.
1 portrait in the collection
Pat Cash
Biography
Pat Cash (b. 1965), professional tennis player, emerged as a potential top-ten player as a teenager, when he won the junior doubles at the French Open, the junior singles and doubles titles at Wimbledon, and the US Open junior singles – all within a few months of each other in 1982.
1 portrait in the collection
Tony Roche
Biography
Tony Roche, a left-hander with a fine backhand volley who was twice ranked No 2 in the world, was born the son of a Tarcutta butcher in 1945.
2 portraits in the collection
Stuart Campbell
Biography
Stuart Campbell, born in Ballarat, became interested in photography as a student at Swinburne Technical College in Melbourne.
10 portraits in the collection
Rod Laver AC
Biography
Rod Laver MBE (b. 1938), tennis champion, is the only player in the history of the game to win the Grand Slam twice.
1 portrait in the collection
Claudia Karvan OAM
Biography
Claudia Karvan OAM (b. 1973), actor, grew up in Sydney and made her first film appearances as a ten-year-old.
1 portrait in the collection
Phillip Law AC AO CBE
Biography
Phillip Law AC AO CBE (1912–2010), scientist and Antarctic explorer, developed an interest in the frozen continent as a boy.
1 portrait in the collection
John Caldwell
Biography
John Caldwell, (b.1942) is best known as a painter of landscapes in watercolour, began painting in 1969 while living in London.
2 portraits in the collection
Colin Friels
Biography
Colin Friels (b. 1952) arrived in Australia as an adolescent with his Scottish parents, both blue-collar workers.
1 portrait in the collection
Mel Gibson AO
Biography
Mel Gibson (b. 1956), actor, was born in New York state, the sixth of eleven children of a railroad brakeman and an Australian opera singer.
1 portrait in the collection
Frances Alda
Biography
Frances Alda (1879–1952) was one of the world's greatest sopranos. Born Fanny Jane Davis in Christchurch, New Zealand, which claims her as a prominent expatriate, she was raised in Melbourne, where she began singing operetta in 1897.
2 portraits in the collection
Lleyton Hewitt AM
Biography
At twenty years old, Lleyton Hewitt AM (b. 1981) was the youngest male tennis player ever to be ranked world number one.
1 portrait in the collection