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Dorothy Gordon

Dorothy Gordon OBE

Dorothy Gordon (Jenner) OBE, ‘Andrea’ (1891-1985), actress, dressmaker, stuntwoman, journalist, radio broadcaster and charity fundraiser, grew up on a property near Narrabri and attended boarding school in Sydney before gaining a part as a chorus girl in Girl in a Train in Melbourne in 1912.

2 portraits in the collection

Dorothy Gordon

Dorothy Gordon

Dorothy Gordon

Dorothy Gordon, c. 1922

Melbourne Spurr

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2016

Dorothy Gordon, in part costume for Rudolph Valentino's

Dorothy Gordon, in part costume for Rudolph Valentino's

Dorothy Gordon, in part costume for Rudolph Valentino's

Dorothy Gordon, in part costume for Rudolph Valentino's "In Blood and Sand", c. 1922

Melbourne Spurr

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2016

Dorothy

Dorothy Delaney

Dorothy (Tudley) Delaney was an administrator at Boomalli Aboriginal Artists Co-operative.

1 portrait in the collection

Dorothy Porter

Dorothy Porter

Dorothy Porter (1954–2008), poet and writer, grew up in Sydney and the Blue Mountains, graduated from the University of Sydney in 1975 and taught creative writing at the University of Technology, Sydney.

1 portrait in the collection

Dorothy Robinson Napangardi

Dorothy Robinson Napangardi

Dorothy Robinson Napangardi (c. 1956–2013) was an influential Pintupi/Warlpiri artist who developed a distinctive abstract monochromatic style across the course of her career.

1 portrait in the collection

Dorothy

Dorothy

Dorothy

Dorothy, 1990 (printed 2013)

Portrait, inkjet print on paper

Purchased 2013

Dorothy Porter

Dorothy Porter

Dorothy Porter

Dorothy Porter, 2001-2002

Portrait, oil on canvas

Gift of Andrea Goldsmith 2011. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Dorothy Robinson Napangardi

Dorothy Robinson Napangardi

Dorothy Robinson Napangardi

Dorothy Robinson Napangardi, 2010

Portrait, inkjet print on cotton rag paper

Gift of Patrick Corrigan AM 2020. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Dorothy Porter

Beautiful bones

Magazine article by Dr Sarah Engledow, 2011

Sarah Engledow reflects on the shared life and writing of Dorothy Porter and Andrea Goldsmith.

Delegates to the Constitutional Convention, Sydney 1891

Hon. J H. Gordon MLC

The Hon. J.H. Gordon was a delegate from South Australia to the Constitutional Convention, Sydney, 1891.

1 portrait in the collection

L. Gordon Darling AC CMG

L Gordon Darling AC CMG

L. Gordon Darling AC CMG (1921-2015), former company director, was the Founding Patron of the National Portrait Gallery.

2 portraits in the collection

Gordon Andrews at Lovett Bay NSW

Gordon Andrews

Gordon Andrews (1914-2001) was one of Australia's foremost industrial designers.

3 portraits in the collection

L. Gordon Darling AC CMG

L. Gordon Darling AC CMG

Archived media releases 2015

The Chairman, Board, Director and all the Staff of the National Portrait Gallery mourn the loss of our Founding Patron, who died peacefully in Melbourne this morning. He was 94.

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Gordon Glenn

Gordon Glenn worked as an assistant cameraman on the television show Homicide before becoming the stills photographer for the pioneering Australian journal Cinema Papers.

3 portraits in the collection

Gordon Watson

Gordon Watson AM

Gordon Watson AM (1921-1999), pianist and teacher, taught at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music from 1964 to 1986 and was head of its keyboard department when he retired.

1 portrait in the collection

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