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The Sands Brothers, c. 1940s
an unknown artist
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Purchased 2011
Alfie Sands
Biography
Clem, George, David, Alfie and Russell Sands were members of one of Australia's most famous sporting families.
2 portraits in the collection
Alfie Sands, c. 1940s
an unknown artist
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Purchased 2011
Russell Sands
Biography
Clem, George, David, Alfie and Russell Sands were members of one of Australia's most famous sporting families.
2 portraits in the collection
Dave Sands
Biography
Clem, George, David, Alfie and Russell Sands were members of one of Australia's most famous sporting families.
2 portraits in the collection
Clem Sands
Biography
Clem, George, David, Alfie and Russell Sands were members of one of Australia's most famous sporting families.
2 portraits in the collection
George Sands
Biography
Clem, George, David, Alfie and Russell Sands were members of one of Australia's most famous sporting families.
2 portraits in the collection
Dave Sands, c. 1940s
an unknown artist
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Purchased 2011
Russell Sands, n.d.
an unknown artist
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Purchased 2011
George Sands, c. 1940s
an unknown artist
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Purchased 2011
Clem Sands, c. 1940s
an unknown artist
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Purchased 2011
Seeing stars
Magazine article by Joanna Gilmour, 2013
Joanna Gilmour explores photographic depictions of Aboriginal sportsmen including Lionel Rose, Dave Sands, Jerry Jerome and Douglas Nicholls.
Alfie Barker (right view)
Shea Kirk
Image
Charles Chauvel
Biography
Charles Chauvel (1897-1959), actor and film-maker, worked on the sets of Snowy Baker films as a young man, and followed the great action hero to Hollywood in 1921.
1 portrait in the collection
Albert Namatjira, c. 1954-1958 (printed 2017)
Charles Chauvel
Portrait, inkjet print from a scanned colour transparency on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2017
Robin Smith
Biography
Robin Smith (1927-2022) grew up in rural New Zealand, and studied arts and fine arts at Canterbury University before beginning to write and illustrate adventure and natural history stories.
1 portrait in the collection