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William Johnson
Biography
William Johnson was a commercial photographer who operated a studio on the corner of Pitt and Market Streets in Sydney from the 1890s to the 1920s.
4 portraits in the collection
Frances Saville
Biography
Frances Saville (1865-1935), soprano, came to Australia from San Francisco as a small child.
1 portrait in the collection
Helga Leunig
Biography
Helga Leunig, née Salwe, was working as a professional photographer at the Age in the late 1980s when she met Michael Leunig, cartoonist.
4 portraits in the collection
Sir James Reading Fairfax KT
Biography
James Reading Fairfax (1834 -1919) was the second of John Fairfax's sons to join him in business.
1 portrait in the collection
Noah Taylor
Biography
Noah Taylor (b. 1969) left school at 16 to join Melbourne's St Martin's Youth Theatre.
1 portrait in the collection
Rupert Murdoch AC KCSG
Biography
Rupert Murdoch AC (b. 1931) is widely regarded as the world's most influential media mogul.
2 portraits in the collection
Carla Zampatti AC
Biography
Italian-born Carla Zampatti AC (1942–2021) moved to a small town in Western Australia with her family in 1950.
1 portrait in the collection
Rod Laver AC
Biography
Rod Laver MBE (b. 1938), tennis champion, is the only player in the history of the game to win the Grand Slam twice.
1 portrait in the collection
Lloyd Rees AC CMG
Biography
Lloyd Rees AC CMG (1895–1988), artist and teacher, studied art in Brisbane from 1910 to 1916, and in England and Europe in the early 1920s.
12 portraits in the collection
phra ajahn ekaggata fka terry milligan
Biography
Former photographer phra ajahn ekaggata (formally known as terry milligan), was born in San Francisco and lived in various locations in the USA and Australia before discovering the small town of Braidwood, near Canberra.
7 portraits in the collection
Robert McFarlane
Biography
Robert McFarlane (1942–2023), photographer, was born in Glenelg, South Australia.
31 portraits in the collection
Andrew Steiner OAM
Biography
Holocaust survivor, sculptor and human rights advocate Andrew Steiner OAM (b.
1 portrait in the collection
Georges Antoni
Biography
Georges Antoni (b. 1975), fashion photographer, grew up in a small town in central Queensland.
1 portrait in the collection
Ernie Dingo
Biography
Ernie Dingo AM (b. 1956), television presenter and actor, is a Yamatji man.
1 portrait in the collection
Dadang Christanto
Biography
Dadang Christanto (b. 1957), artist, was born into an Indonesian family of Chinese descent in Tegal, a small village in Central Java, Indonesia.
1 portrait in the collection
Maurice Newman AC
Biography
Maurice Newman AC (b. 1938), a career stockbroker, was chairman of ASX from 1994 to 2008, during which period the Australian Securities Exchange was created by the merger of the Australian Stock Exchange and the Sydney Futures Exchange (in 2006).
1 portrait in the collection