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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
Margaret Anderson GM
Biography
Margaret Anderson GM (1915–1995) served with the Australian Army Nursing Service during the Second World War in Singapore.
1 portrait in the collection
Margaret Gardner AC
Biography
Her Excellency Professor the Honourable Margaret Gardner AC is the 30th Governor of Victoria.
1 portrait in the collection
Margaret Fink AO
Biography
Margaret Fink AO (b. 1933), film producer, was a key figure in the renaissance of Australian cinema in the 1970s.
2 portraits in the collection
Margaret Olley
In their own words
In their own words
Recorded 1963
Soft and Sophia, 2015
by Margaret Paley
Image
Self portrait with Bottlebrush, 1991
Margaret Olley AC
Portrait, oil on board
Purchased with funds provided by Marilyn Darling AC and the Sid and Fiona Myer Family Foundation 2021
Self portrait as Sarah Wisse, Transported, 1996
Margaret Woodward
Portrait, oil on canvas
Gift of the Karmel family in memory of Lena and Peter Karmel 2018. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.