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Purchased 2008



Purchased with funds provided by L Gordon Darling AC CMG 2009

Lionel Rose MBE (1948–2011), boxer, was the first Aboriginal Australian to win a world sporting title.
1 portrait in the collection

Rose Lindsay (née Soady, 1885-1978), artist's model, posed for Sydney Long, Antonio Dattilo Rubbo and Fred Leist before she met Norman Lindsay in 1902.
5 portraits in the collection

George Rose, joint Secretary of the British Treasury at the time of the First Fleet, joined the civil service after leaving the Royal Navy in 1762.
1 portrait in the collection

Rose Scott (1847-1925), feminist and social reformer, devoted much of her life to campaigns that resulted in increased independence for Australian women.
1 portrait in the collection

George Rose, founder of the Rose Stereograph Company, grew up in Clunes, Victoria, son of a bootmaker.

Rose Byrne (b. 1979), actor, was raised in the Sydney suburbs of Balmain and Newtown, and joined the Australian Theatre for Young People at the age of eight.
1 portrait in the collection


Maude Rose ‘Lores’ Bonney MBE AM (1897-1994), aviatrix, grew up in Melbourne and attended a German finishing school before marrying a Queensland leather-goods manufacturer in 1917.
2 portraits in the collection

Harry O'Reilly was a war artist working through WWI and friend of Colonel J.C.M.
1 portrait in the collection

Harry Borden is an English photographer who has specialised in photographing celebrities, among them Kylie Minogue.
1 portrait in the collection

Harry Seidler AC OBE (1923–2006), architect and designer, was born in Vienna and completed his early architectural studies in England and Canada.
4 portraits in the collection

Harry Williams (b. 1951) is a Wiradjuri man and the first Indigenous footballer to represent Australia at international level.
1 portrait in the collection

Harry Hudson (1907-1974) was a Melbourne-based painter. His work was included in a number of group exhibitions at the Bridget McDonnell Gallery, Carlton in the 1980s along with those of such notable artists as Roland Wakelin, Grace Cossington-Smith and James Gleeson.
1 portrait in the collection

Harry Hopman (1906-1985), tennis professional, won seven major Australian titles in the 1930s, notably four mixed doubles with his first wife, Nell Hall.
1 portrait in the collection