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Walter Withers

Walter Withers (1854-1914), painter, interior designer and teacher, trained at the Royal Academy in London before coming to Australia at the end of 1882.

1 portrait in the collection

The Colonel (Portrait of Walter Withers), 1896

Purchased 2009

Googie Withers AO

Georgette Lizette (Googie) Withers AO (1917–2011), stage, film and television actor, was born in India and studied drama at the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts in London.

1 portrait in the collection

Googie Withers, 1962

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 1999

Professor H. Rodney Withers, 2004

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2004

Walter Lindrum OBE

Walter Lindrum OBE (1898–1960), billiard player, was born into family of billiard champions in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, where his father ran billiard rooms and a bookmaking business.

1 portrait in the collection

Walter Lindrum

A portrait story exploring the life of Walter Lindrum, one of the greatest billiard players of all time.

H. Walter Barnett

H. Walter Barnett (1862-1934) was a leading portrait photographer of the late Victorian, Edwardian and interwar periods.

12 portraits in the collection

Walter Preston

Walter Preston, engraver and convict, came to New South Wales aboard the Guildford in 1812.

1 portrait in the collection

Walter Langhammer

Walter Langhammer went to India before World War 2, fleeing the Nazis in Austria.

1 portrait in the collection

Legends

A National Portrait Gallery travelling exhibition.

Walter Lindrum OBE, c. 1932

Purchased with funds provided by L Gordon Darling AC CMG 2006

Ernest Walter Histed

Ernest Walter Histed was born in Brighton, UK, but made his reputation as a photographer in Chicago and later in Pittsburgh.

1 portrait in the collection

Sir Samuel Walter Griffith

Sir Samuel Walter Griffith (1845-1920), chief justice and premier, was born in Wales and came to Australia aged eight with his minister father and family.A top student, at the University of Sydney Griffith excelled at classics and mathematics; the Mort scholarship enabled him to travel to Europe.

2 portraits in the collection

Sir Walter Murdoch KCMG

Sir Walter Murdoch KCMG (1874–1970), academic and essayist, was born in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, and came to Australia with his family in 1884.

1 portrait in the collection

Walter Frederick Gale

Walter Frederick Gale (1865-1945), banker and astronomer, joined the Savings Bank of New South Wales in 1888.

1 portrait in the collection