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Florrie Forde
Biography
Florrie Forde (1875–1940), singer and music hall performer, was born in Melbourne and was sixteen when she sang publicly for the first time, in Sydney, in late 1891.
9 portraits in the collection
Florrie Forde,
an unknown artist
Portrait, photographic postcard
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2017
Florrie Forde, c. 1915
an unknown artist
Portrait, photographic postcard
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2017
Florrie Forde, c. 1930
an unknown artist
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Purchased 2017
Florrie Forde,
an unknown artist
Portrait, photographic postcard
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2017
Florrie Forde (in hat), c. 1905
an unknown artist
Portrait, photographic postcard
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2017
Florrie Forde,
an unknown artist
Portrait, photographic postcard
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2017
Florrie Forde (in blue dress), c. 1918
an unknown artist
Portrait, hand coloured photographic postcard
Purchased 2017
Florrie Forde the Original Singer of "Tipperary", c. 1910
an unknown artist
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2017
Miss Florrie Ford (Christmas pantomime with toy cat), 1930
Fielding, Leeds
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2017
Prime Ministers
About Face article
On the day before the Hon. E. G. Whitlam, AC, QC, died last month, at the great age of 98, there were seven former prime ministers of Australia still living, plus the incumbent Mr. Abbott – eight in all.
William McMahon, 1973
Victor Greenhalgh
Portrait, ciment fondue
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Paul and Wendy Greenhalgh 1999
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program
Rt Hon. Sir Robert Menzies, c. 1962
Victor Greenhalgh
Portrait, cast bronze
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Lady Bunting in honour of Sir John Bunting and the Menzies Foundation 1999
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program
Primed
Some Prime Ministers
Previous exhibition, 2019
Seventeen of Australia’s thirty prime ministers to date are represented in the contrasting sizes, moods and mediums of these portraits.
Australia’s great internationalists
Magazine article by Penelope Grist, 2016
Penelope Grist explores the United Nations stories in the Gallery’s collection.
Some prime ministers
General content
Sarah Engledow explores the history of the prime ministers and artists featured in the exhibition.