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Sir Frank Macfarlane Burnet

Sir Frank Macfarlane Burnet
n.d.

Max Dupain OBE

Eccleston Du Faur

Eccleston Du Faur
1911

Violet Teague

Sir Mark Oliphant

Sir Mark Oliphant
1972

Frank Hinder

Harry Messel

Harry Messel
n.d.

Louis Kahan AO

Sir Gustav Nossal

Sir Gustav Nossal
n.d.

Louis Kahan AO

Tim Flannery

Tim Flannery
2006

Robert Hannaford AM

Professor John Shine

Professor John Shine
2011

Jozef Vissel

Professor Derek Denton

Professor Derek Denton
2009

Janet Dawson

The great South Sea caterpillar transformed into a Bath Butterfly (Sir Joseph Banks)

The great South Sea caterpillar transformed into a Bath Butterfly (Sir…

James Gillray

Jacques Miller

Jacques Miller
2002

Peter Wegner

Sir Ernest Fisk

Sir Ernest Fisk
n.d. (after 1937)

an unknown artist

James Robert Millar Robertson

James Robert Millar Robertson
1926

W.A. Bowring

Sir Joseph Banks

Sir Joseph Banks
1840s

C E. Wagstaff after Thomas Phillips

Sir Joseph Banks

Sir Joseph Banks
1802

William Ridley

Joseph Banks and Dr Solander

Joseph Banks and Dr Solander
1778

an unknown artist

Album of cartes de visite and cabinet card photograph including a portrait of John Tebbutt

Album of cartes de visite and cabinet card photograph including a portrait…

Various

Douglas Mawson

Douglas Mawson
1933

Henry James Haley

Sir John Eccles

Sir John Eccles
1959

Pam MacFarlane

Professor Terence Tao

Professor Terence Tao
2006

Reed Hutchinson

Portrait of Dr John Bradfield

Portrait of Dr John Bradfield
c. 1920-1924

Reginald Jerrold-Nathan

Professor Harry Messel

Professor Harry Messel
1973

Louis Kahan AO

Self portrait

Self portrait
1976 (printed 2005)

David Malin

Dame Jean Macnamara

Dame Jean Macnamara
c. 1930

Donovan

Sir Mark Oliphant

Sir Mark Oliphant
1939

Bassano Ltd

Sir Mark Oliphant

Sir Mark Oliphant
c. 1948

Lotte Meitner-Graf

Sir Douglas Mawson

Sir Douglas Mawson
c. 1916

Thomson Studios

Professor George Dracoulis

Professor George Dracoulis
1996

Robin Wallace-Crabbe, Dianne Fogwell

Sir Lindesay Clark

Sir Lindesay Clark
1973

Clifton Pugh AO

Sir Laurence Hartnett

Sir Laurence Hartnett
1984

Reshid Bey

Westralia (Mr Albert Frederick Calvert)

Westralia (Mr Albert Frederick Calvert)
1895

Sir Leslie Ward, Vanity Fair Magazine

Professor Graeme Clark (profile)

Professor Graeme Clark (profile)
2000

Peter Wegner

Professor Graeme Clark

Professor Graeme Clark
2000

Peter Wegner

Professor Geoffrey Burnstock

Professor Geoffrey Burnstock
1971

Andrew Sibley

Professor Geoffrey Burnstock

Professor Geoffrey Burnstock
1971

Andrew Sibley

Laurie Chow, engineer, Glebe Island Bridge, Sydney

Laurie Chow, engineer, Glebe Island Bridge, Sydney
1995 (printed 2000)

David Moore

Professor Carrick Chambers AM

Professor Carrick Chambers AM
1985

Michael Meszaros

Sir Howard Florey OM KBE FRS FAA

Sir Howard Florey OM KBE FRS FAA
1985

Andor Meszaros

Sir David (Albert Cherbury) Rivett KCMG FRS

Sir David (Albert Cherbury) Rivett KCMG FRS
1985

Andor Meszaros

Portrait of Professor Graeme Clark

Portrait of Professor Graeme Clark
2000

Peter Wegner

Dr Phillip Law

Dr Phillip Law
1974

Dallas Hawes

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