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Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2015
Florence Austral (1892-1968), Wagnerian soprano, grew up as Florence Wilson in Melbourne, where she trained between 1908 and 1919.
1 portrait in the collection
Florence Broadhurst (1899-1977), designer, grew up in rural Queensland, where she won a singing competition in 1915 and performed regularly in various towns.
2 portraits in the collection
Florence Fuller, painter, was born in South Africa and came to Australia as a child.
1 portrait in the collection
Lady Florence Packer (1915-2012) was born in Paris to Edmond Porges, a major in the British Army, and his Russian wife Marie-Mathilde Brodsky.
1 portrait in the collection
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Gift of the University of Newcastle (Australia) 2007
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2007
Dame Annie Florence Cardell-Oliver (1876-1965), politician, grew up in Melbourne before marrying a wool buyer and returning with him to England.
1 portrait in the collection
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2003
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Lady Florence Packer 2004
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Purchased with funds provided by Marilyn Darling AC 2005
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Gift of Chris Nielsen 2016
The name of Florence Broadhurst, one of Australia’s most significant wallpaper and textile designers, is now firmly cemented in the canon of Australian art and design.
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2001
This issue of Portrait Magazine features Kym Bonython, Florence Broadhurst, Frank Fenner, Henri Matisse, animated portraits and more.