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Greg Adams
Image
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
In the Lounge, 2006
by North Sullivan
Image
Frank Iredale (Francis Adams Iredale, member of the 1896 Australian Cricket Team), 1896
H Parker Rolfe
Portrait, albumen photograph on cabinet card
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased with funds provided by L Gordon Darling AC CMG 2014
William Robertson, 1866
Thomas Adams Hill
Portrait, albumen paper carte de visite
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Malcolm Robertson in memory of William Thomas Robertson 2018
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program
William John Wills, 2nd in command of the Victorian Expedition, 1860-1861
Henry Samuel Sadd, Fergusson & Mitchell, Melbourne after Thomas Adams Hill
Portrait, mezzotint on paper
Purchased with funds provided by Ross A Field 2007
Robert O'Hara Burke, Leader of the Victorian Expedition, 1860-1861
Henry Samuel Sadd, Fergusson & Mitchell, Melbourne after Thomas Adams Hill
Portrait, mezzotint on paper
Purchased with funds provided by Ross A Field 2007
Margaret Robertson
Biography
Margaret Robertson (née Whyte, 1811–1866) was the daughter of settlers George and Jessie Whyte, who emigrated to Van Diemen’s Land from Scotland in 1832.
4 portraits in the collection
Margaret Fulton OAM
Biography
Margaret Fulton (1925-2019), a major figure in developing Australia's appreciation of food, was instrumental in teaching generations of people to cook.
1 portrait in the collection
Margaret Olley AC
Biography
Margaret Olley AC (1923-2011), painter, studied art at East Sydney Technical College and the Grande Chaumière in Paris.
6 portraits in the collection
Rev. Margaret Court AC MBE
Biography
The Rev. Margaret Court AC MBE (b. 1942) has won more major tennis championships than any other player, having acquired 62 Grand Slam titles between 1960 and 1975.
1 portrait in the collection
Margaret Preston
Biography
Margaret Preston (1875-1963) trained at the NGV School and the Adelaide School of Design before leasing a studio and beginning to teach in Adelaide.
1 portrait in the collection
Margaret Woodward
Biography
Margaret Woodward (b. 1938), painter, grew up in Sydney where she gained a scholarship to study art at the NAS.
3 portraits in the collection
Margaret Whitlam AO
Biography
Margaret Whitlam AO (1919-2012), social worker and writer, was a champion swimmer as a schoolgirl.
2 portraits in the collection
Margaret Michaelis
Biography
Margaret Michaelis, photographer, was born Margarethe Gross, of Polish Jewish parents at Dzieditz, near Bielsko.
2 portraits in the collection
Margaret Lyttle
Biography
Margaret Lyttle took over Australia's oldest alternative school, Preshil (in Melbourne), when her aunt Greta Lyttle died in 1944, continuing to guide the school according to her aunt's principle that learning is a process of human mutuality.
1 portrait in the collection