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Nancy Bird Walton AO OBE
Biography
Nancy Bird Walton AO OBE (1915–2009), aviatrix, decided she wanted to be a pilot when, at age eight, she saw a plane make an emergency landing on a beach near her home.
2 portraits in the collection
Nancy Bird Walton part 1
In their own words
In their own words
Recorded 1977
Nancy Bird Walton part 2
In their own words
In their own words
Recorded 1977
Nancy Bird Walton, c. 1973
Judy Cassab AO CBE
Portrait, oil on canvas
Gift of Nancy Bird Walton AO OBE 2008. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Nancy Bird Walton - Pioneer, 2003
Danelle Bergstrom
Portrait, oil on canvas
Purchased with funds provided by the Basil Bressler Bequest 2004
The aviatrix
Magazine article by Joanna Gilmour, 2009
Joanna Gilmour explores the extraordinary life of Australian female aviator Nancy Bird Walton AO OBE
School portraits
About Face article
Inga Walton sheds light on a portraiture collection usually only seen by students and teachers at Melbourne University.
Mother’s muse
Magazine article by Inga Walton, 2020
Inga Walton traces the poignant path of photographer Polixeni Papapetrou, revealed in the NGV’s summer retrospective.
Love my way
Magazine article by Inga Walton, 2022
Inga Walton delves into the bohemian group of artists and writers who used each other as muses and transformed British culture.
Minnie Walton, c. 1874
Fradelle & Marshall
Portrait, carte de visite photograph
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2012
Wunderkind lost
Magazine article by Inga Walton, 2021
Inga Walton on the brief but brilliant life of Hugh Ramsay.
Minnie Walton (photograph of Miss Rose Massey on verso), 1876
Lock & Whitfield, London
Portrait, albumen photograph on card
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased with funds provided by Graham Smith 2009
Nancy Wake
'The White Mouse'
Portrait story
A portrait story describing the amazing life of World War II resistance fighter, Nancy Wake.
Nancy Wake AC
Biography
Nancy Wake AC (1912–2011) was one of the most-decorated women of the Second World War.
1 portrait in the collection
Nancy Borlase AM
Biography
Nancy Borlase AM (1914–2006), painter and writer, was born in New Zealand, and had to be dug out of the wreckage when an earthquake struck Napier in late 1931.
4 portraits in the collection
Nancy Menetrey
Biography
Nancy Menetrey (née Wilkinson) (1924-2024) was born in Sydney in 1924.
1 portrait in the collection