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The Swiss Studios, Melbourne

The Swiss Studio opened in Bourke Street, Melbourne, in September 1900 and remained in business until 1920..

1 portrait in the collection

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Perry, Kemp & Co

Kemp, Perry & Co. operated from 81 Bourke Street East, Melbourne, between 1873 and 1875.

1 portrait in the collection

The Hon. Sir Francis Forbes

Sir Francis Forbes KNt

Sir Francis Forbes (1784–1841) was the first chief justice of the New South Wales Supreme Court.

1 portrait in the collection

Opening of the First Legislative Council of Victoria by Governor Charles Joseph LaTrobe at St Patrick's Hall, Bourke Street West, Melbourne November 13th 1851

First Legislative Council of Victoria

The First Legislative Council of Victoria was formed following Victoria’s separation from New South Wales in July 1851.

1 portrait in the collection

Alexander MacLeay

Alexander Macleay

Alexander McLeay (aka Macleay) (1767-1848), public servant and entomologist, acquired an interest in insects while working as a clerk in London.

1 portrait in the collection

Percy Hobson

Percy Hobson

Born in the NSW town of Bourke, Percy Hobson (1943–2022) became Australia's national high-jumping champion in 1962 with a jump of 6 feet 7 inches (2.01 metres).

1 portrait in the collection

Self portrait

Adrian Lawlor

Adrian Lawlor, critic and artist, came to Australia from his native England at the age of about twenty.

2 portraits in the collection

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Antoine Fauchery

Antoine Fauchery (1823–1861) was a Parisian artist and writer, an occasional collaborator with Henri Murger, author of Scènes de la vie de bohème which was a chief source of the opera La bohème.

2 portraits in the collection

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Johnstone, O'Shannessy & Co

Johnstone, O’Shannessy & Co was founded in Melbourne in 1864 by Henry James Johnstone and Emily Florence Kate O'Shaugnessy, who had previously been in partnership with her mother in their own photographic business in Carlton.

12 portraits in the collection

Lowe Kong Meng

Lowe Kong Meng

Lowe Kong Meng (1831–1888), merchant, was born and grew up in the British colony of Penang and came to Melbourne in 1853.

1 portrait in the collection

Gary Ella

Gary Ella

Gary Ella (b. 1960) is a Yuin and Bidjigal man who grew up in La Perouse with eleven siblings.

1 portrait in the collection

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Charles Hewitt

Born in Lincolnshire, Charles Hewitt (1837–1912) had begun working in Melbourne by 1860 and was one of the founding members of the Photographic Society of Victoria.

3 portraits in the collection

The Right Honourable Lord Viscount Melbourne

William Lamb

William Lamb, second Viscount Melbourne (1779–1848), statesman, was Prime Minister of Britain in 1834 and from 1835 to 1841.

2 portraits in the collection

Sidney Myer

Sidney Myer

Sidney Myer (1878-1934), retail magnate and philanthropist, arrived in Melbourne in 1898 as a penniless Russian immigrant named Simca Baevski.

1 portrait in the collection

Sidney Kidman and Arthur Triggs

Arthur Triggs

Arthur Triggs (1868-1936), pastoralist and collector, is sometimes referred to as the 'Kidman of the wool industry'.

1 portrait in the collection

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David Rankin OAM

David Rankin OAM (b. 1946) came to Australia with his English parents at the age of two in 1948.

1 portrait in the collection

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