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Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2018
Sir Douglas Mawson Kt OBE FRS (1882-1958) is considered one of the twentieth century's most eminent explorers.
3 portraits in the collection
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Mrs J.Q. McEwin 2000
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Gareth Mawson Thomas and Pamela Karran-Thomas of the Mawson family 2010
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program
Joanna Gilmour brings a mindful Douglas Mawson’s perspective to bear on the concept of isolation.
Francisca Adriana Mawson OBE (née Delprat, 1891-1974), known as Paquita, came to Australia when her father, Guillaume Daniel Delprat, became the General Manager of the Broken Hill Proprietary Co.
1 portrait in the collection
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Gareth Mawson Thomas and Pamela Karran-Thomas of the Mawson family 2010
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program
Gilbert Eric Douglas (1902-1970), pilot and air force officer, took part in Sir Douglas Mawson's British, Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (BANZARE) of 1929-1931.
1 portrait in the collection
Douglas Carnegie, scion of a family whose fortune derived from a piano manufacturing company.
1 portrait in the collection
Douglas Thompson was born in Stanthorpe, QLD and served in the RAAF as a photographer and photography teacher between 1950 and 1956.
5 portraits in the collection
Douglas Dundas (1900-1981), painter, trained at the Sydney Art School with Julian Ashton.
2 portraits in the collection
Douglas Kirkland, photographer, was born in Canada and started his career on small newspapers there.
1 portrait in the collection
Douglas Annand (1903-1976) moved to Sydney from Brisbane, where he had worked in a bank, in 1930.
2 portraits in the collection
Australian entomologist and inventer of the Aerogard insect repellent, Douglas Frew Waterhouse describes the evolution of his career.
Douglas Frew Waterhouse AO CMG (1916-2000), entomologist, identified the active ingredients for the insect repellent later marketed as Aerogard.
1 portrait in the collection
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Danina Anderson, daughter of Max Dupain 2018
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program