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Canberra, ACT 2600, Australia
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Collection display galleries
Exhibition open every day
The collection display includes a wide selection of portraits that tell extraordinary stories of encounter, exploration, independence, individuality and achievement in Australia.
Living Memory
National Photographic Portrait Prize 2021
Exhibition closes 16 January
The exhibition is selected from a national field of entries, reflecting the distinctive vision of Australia's aspiring and professional portrait photographers and the unique nature of their subjects.
Bookings required
Women Make History
In Galleries Seven, Eight and Nine
Exhibition opens 20 November
Well behaved women seldom make history, as the saying goes, and the National Portrait Gallery, consequently, is full of awesome Australian women who refused to conform to narrow ideas about their place and their worth.