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Roberta Sykes
Biography
Roberta Sykes (1943–2010), writer and activist, grew up in Townsville and moved to Sydney in the mid-1960s.
1 portrait in the collection
Dr Roberta Sykes and Naomi, 1994
Juno Gemes
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Gift of the artist 2004. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Bobbi Sykes, Aboriginal Medical Service
Carol Jerrems
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Bobbi Sykes, Aboriginal Medical Service
Carol Jerrems
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Bobbi Sykes, Black Moratorium, Sydney, '72
Carol Jerrems
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Bobbi Sykes, Black Moratorium, Sydney, '72
Carol Jerrems
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Bobbi Sykes, Black Moratorium, Sydney, '72
Carol Jerrems
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Carol Jerrems: Portraits
Previous exhibition, 2024
Carol Jerrems: Portraits is a major exhibition of one of Australia’s most influential photographers. Jerrems’ intimate portraits of friends, lovers and artistic peers transcend the purely personal and have come to shape Australian visual culture.
Dame Annie Florence Cardell-Oliver DBE
Biography
Dame Annie Florence Cardell-Oliver DBE (1876–1965), politician, grew up in Melbourne before marrying David Sykes Boyd, a wool buyer, and returning with him to England.
1 portrait in the collection
2022 Annual Appeal
Annual Appeal
In 2022 the Annual Appeal was focussed on Mayatjara by Robert Fielding, a series of 24 photographs of Elders of the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara community.
Annual Appeal
Listed by year
Honour board
The silent partner
Magazine article by Dr Sarah Engledow, 2015
One half of the team that was Eltham Films left scarcely a trace in the written historical record, but survives in a vivid portrait.