Honour board, National Portrait Gallery

The National Portrait Gallery’s Honour Board recognises the extraordinary commitment of our donor and supporter community.

In addition to those listed here, we gratefully acknowledge the generosity of those who wish to remain anonymous.

Last updated July 2026

Founding Patrons

L Gordon Darling AC CMG
Marilyn Darling AC

Chief Patron

The role of Chief Patron of the National Portrait Gallery is traditionally occupied by the partner of the current Prime Minster of Australia.

Jodie Haydon (appointed 2022)

Former Chief Patrons

Jenny Morrison (2018–22)
Lucy Hughes Turnbull AO (2015–18)
Margaret Abbott (2013–15)
Tim Mathieson (2010–13)
Thérèse Rein (2007–10)
Janette Howard (1999–2007)

Former Board Chairs

Penny Fowler AM (2022–25)
Dr Helen Nugent AC (2013–21)
Tim Fairfax AC (2008–12)
Marilyn Darling AC (2000–08)
Dr Robert Edwards AO (1997–2000)

Founding Benefactors

$1,000,000+

L Gordon Darling AC CMG
Marilyn Darling AC
Liangis family
Robert Oatley AO
Ian Potter Foundation
John Schaeffer AO

Rick Amor & Meg Williams
Australian War Memorial, in association with the Fysh family
Kym Bonython AC DFC AFC
Estate of Basil Bressler
Patrick Corrigan AM
Joanna McNiven
Sid & Fiona Myer Family Foundation
Isaac Wakil AO & Susan Wakil AO
Lyn Williams AC

Benefactors

$100,000+

Ross Adler AC & Fiona Adler
Davida Allen
Hayley Baillie & James Baillie
Tim Bednall & Vanessa Bednall
BHP Billiton Ltd
Barbara Blackman AO
Jillian Broadbent AC
Calvert-Jones Foundation
Janet Calvert-Jones AC & John Calvert-Jones AM
Dr Joan Croll AO & Frank Croll
Michael Crouch AC & Shanny Crouch
Gordon Darling Foundation
Ian Darling AO
Pamela Darling
Elizabeth Dibbs & David Tudehope
Danina Dupain Anderson
John Fairfax Holdings Ltd
Lucio Galletto OAM
Nicholas Harding & Lynne Watkins
The Hon Ron Hunter KC
David Lloyd Jones
Noel McKenna
David Moore
Lewis Morley OAM
Estate of Mary Isabel Murphy
Ros Murphy
Myer Foundation
Paul Newton
Pratt Foundation
Julie Rrap
Jenny Sages
Nigel Satterley AM & Denise Satterley
Peter Schipperheyn
Garry Shead
Geoffrey White OAM & Sally White OAM
Estate of John Oswald Wicking
Yulgilbar Foundation

Major Donors

$50,000+

Jennifer Armstrong
Australian Securities Exchange
Philip Bacon AO
Bardas family, in memory of Sandra Bardas OAM & David Bardas AO
Estate of Alan Boxer
Dr Joseph Brown AO OBE
Estate of Clyde Cameron
Judy Cassab AO CBE
Adam Chang (Hong Jun Zhang) & Yanping Zhu
Ken Done AM
Rex Dupain
Bert Flugelman AM
Hattam family
Kahan family
Karmel family
Sara Kelly
Janice McIllree
Rob McLean AM & Paula McLean
Guido Maestri
Maliganis Edwards Johnson
Nelson Meers Foundation
Sam Meers AO
Harold Mitchell AC
Paul Newton
Dr Helen Nugent AC
Margaret Hannah Olley Art Trust
Nick Orloff & Sarah Orloff
Arlette Perkins, daughter of Sir Lawrence Wackett
Lady Primrose Potter AC CMRI
Dr Dick Quan
Susan Robertson & Alan Robertson
Denis Savill
Andrew Sibley
Dick Smith AC & Pip Smith AO
Sydney Airport Corporation Ltd
Patricia Tryon MacDonald
Ross Watson
Westpac Group Ltd
Jim Windeyer & Peronelle Windeyer

Donors

$25,000+

Anthony Adair AM & Karen McLeod Adair
Alcoa World Aluminium
Brook Andrew
Robyn Archer AO
Susan Armitage
Yvonne Audette AM
Ashley Barber & Sarah Cottier
John Barrington AM & Fiona Harris AM
Danelle Bergstrom
William Bowmore AO OBE
Bowness Family Foundation
Dame Nancy Buttfield DBE
Elizabeth Campbell-MacKenzie and the Campbell family
Leo Christie OAM
Coles Myer Ltd
Bill Collins OAM & Joan Collins
David Combe
The Hon Susan Crennan AC KC
Fred Cress AM
Professor Brenda L Croft
David Crooke
Rodney Davidson AO OBE
Estate of Lady Maisie Drysdale
Geoff Dyer
Chris Ellison & Tia Ellison
Warwick Evans
Ross A Field
Professor Tim Flannery
Penny Fowler AM & Grant Fowler
Michael Freer and the Freer Tuckfield family
Fullerton family
Juno Gemes
Barrie Hadlow & Jenny Hadlow
Nora Heysen AM
Frank Hodgkinson AM
Family of Aimee Viola Horsley
HOTA (Home of the Arts), Gold Coast
Peter Hudson
Dena Kahan
Peter Kampfner
Lady Angela Keating
Ingvar Kenne
Richard King
Moshe Lang and family, in memory of Tesse Lang
Kerrie Lester
Charles E Lloyd Jones & Kim Lloyd Jones
Dr Andrew Lu AM
Padraic McGuinness AO
Peter EB Mansell
Lewis Miller
Mitchell family
Mordant family
Rosemary Neilson
Jon North & Susanne North
NSW National Parks & Wildlife Service
Tim Olsen
Lady Florence Packer and the Packer family
Bruce Parncutt AO & Lisa Bowman
Polese Foundation
Peter Roberts
Malcolm Robertson, in memory of William Thomas Robertson
Lindy Ross & Bob Ross
Leo Schofield AM
Penelope Seidler AO
Simpson family, in memory of Caroline Simpson OAM
Lousje Skala & Steven Skala AO
Estate of Eric Smith
Sir Roy Strong CH & Dr Julia Trevelyan Oman CBE
Gareth Thomas & Pamela Karran-Thomas
Todd-Wilson family
Eleonora Triguboff
Barbara Tucker
Fiona Turner
Family of Tom Uren AC
Nancy Bird Walton AO OBE
Peter Wegner
Peter Weiss AO & Doris Weiss
Katrina Whereat-Savage & Chris Savage
Wayne Williams
Richard Woolcott AC & Birgit Woolcott
Michael Zavros
Salvatore Zofrea OAM

Major Supporters

$10,000+

Tony Amos
Gillian Appleton McClelland
Art Gallery of New South Wales
Australian Industry Group
Ross G Barwick and family
Marco Belgiorno-Zegna AM & Angela Belgiorno-Zegna
Marc Besen AC & Eva Besen AO
Tony Bilson OAM
Michael Boddy
Marion Borgelt
Chris Bowman
Helen Brack
Angela Brennan
Sam Brougham & Tania Brougham
Andrew Butler & Susie Westwood
The Hon Ian Callinan AC KC & Wendy Callinan
Andrew Cannon AM & Clare Cannon
Dr John H Chambers
Geoff Cousins AM
Dr Henry V Crock AO
Grietje Croll & Helen Croll
Paula Cronin & Damien Cronin
Sir James Cruthers AO & Lady Sheila Cruthers
Cutler family
Anthea da Silva
Janet Dawson MBE
Michelle de Kretser
Robert Dessaix
Richard Due
Family of Sir Lloyd Dumas
Ivan Durrant
Dr Philip Dutton & Valerie Dutton
Dr Robert Edwards AO
John Elliot
Family of Peter Elliott
Richard Elliott
Estate of Nick Enright AM
The Hon Elizabeth Evatt AC
James O Fairfax AC
Johanna Featherstone & Geoff Ainsworth AM
Anne Ferran
George Fetting
Philip Flood AO & Carole Flood
Estate of Alice Myra Foletta
Lady Jean Foley
Julie Friedeberger
Hong Fu
Kerry Gardner AM & Andrew Myer AM
John Garran & Irene Garran
Marea Gazzard AM
Farinne Georgeopoulos & Alexander Georgeopoulos
Pamela Glasson
Andrea Goldsmith
Jaq Grantford
Gary Grealy & Anne Grealy
Joe Greenberg
Paul Greenhalgh AM & Wendy Greenhalgh
Gina Gregg & Ted Gregg
Pamela Hansford
Gerard Harnan & Kelly West
Rosanna Hindmarsh OAM
Estate of John J Holden
Professor Julia Horne & Nick Horne
Virginia Howard
JPW | Johnson Pilton Walker Pty Ltd
John Kaldor AO
The Hon Michael Kirby AC CMG & Johan van Vloten
Dr Alex S Kolozsy CDVA
Michael Kumm & Diane Kumm
June Lahn
Willow Legge
Ann Lewis AO
Lingiari Foundation
Catherine Livingstone AC & Michael Satterthwaite
Jenny Mackay
MacMahon family
Macquarie Group Foundation
Marlene McCarthy
Julian Meagher
Mercy Health & Aged Care
Naomi Milgrom Foundation
Tracey Moffatt AO
John Colin Monash Bennett and the Monash family
Montalbetti+Campbell
Brandon Munro & Angela Munro
Allan Myers AC KC & Maria Myers AC
Nigel Naseby
NSW Jewish War Memorial
Optus Ltd
Katie Page & Gerry Harvey AM
Estate of Marion Orme Page
Elizabeth Pakchung
Caroline P Parker
Dr Simon Pockley, in memory of Diana Pockley
Jean Porter and family
Robert Purves AM
Diana Ramsay AO & James Ramsay AO
Sally Robinson
Les Rowe
Royal Australian Institute of Architects
Lesley Saddington
Santamaria family
Nell Schofield
Brian Seidel
Malcolm Shore
Leah Smith
Selina Snow
Sony Music Entertainment Australia
Kim Spooner
Ross Steele AM
Meg Stewart
Jessie Street National Women’s Library and the Street family
Howard Tangye
Pamela Thalben-Ball
Rob Thomas AO
Eleanor Thornton
Estate of Barbara Tribe
Angus Trumble
David Tuckwell
The Hon Malcolm Turnbull AC & Lucy Hughes Turnbull AO
Estate of Penny Tweedie
Estate of Nicolaas van der Waarden
Linda Wachtel
Estate of Leslie Walford AM
Greg Warburton
Greg Weight
Richard Wherrett AM
Toni Wilkinson
Rosie Williams & John Grill AO
Ray Wilson OAM, in memory of James Agapitos OAM
Family of Sir Victor Windeyer & Lady Margaret Windeyer
Wright Burt Foundation
Bronwyn Wright
Dr Jack Wodak
Sarah Wood
Nick Young
Anne Zahalka
Dalu Zhao

Supporters

$5,000+

Patty Akopiantz AM
Family of David Alexander
Penny Amberg & Andrew Bond
James Bain AM & Janette Bain
Harriet Bingham
Family of Dr JJC Bradfield
Peter Brew-Bevan
James Bryans & Paul Bryans
Lady Peggy Bunting
Dr Helen Caldicott
Caltex Australia Ltd
Andrew Cameron AM & Cathy Cameron
Audrey Cameron, in memory of Donald Cameron
Mike Chavez
Family of Professor Graeme Clark AC
Anton Cook & Barbara Cook
Family of Dr Stella Cornelius AO OBE
Eva Cox
CSIRO Agriculture & Food Division
Peter Dadswell & Susan Dadswell
Sinead Davies
Lawrence Daws
Lydia Raymond Day
Dr Vivianne de Vahl Davis & Professor Neal Ashkanasy OAM
Charles Dennington
Professor Derek Denton AC & Dame Margaret Scott AC DBE
Estate of Richard Divall AO OBE
Alannah Dopson & Nicholas Heyward
David Dridan OAM
Judith Durham AO, Athol Guy AO, Keith Potger AO & Bruce Woodley AO
Yvonne East
Ester Erlich
Erwin Fabian
Frith family
Alice Giles AM, in memory of Rosemary Madigan
Reginald Gray
Shirley Greathead
Bruno Grollo AO
John Hamilton
Kristin Headlam
David Hume OAM
Emily Hunt
Eileen M Jeffress
Sam Jinks
Anne Keats & Brennan Keats
Julian Kingma
Anna Korner, Anthony Korner & Nicholas Korner
Dr Philip Law AC CBE
Liibus family
R Ian Lloyd
Allan Lowe & Marian Lowe
Dr Carolyn Lowry OAM & Peter Lowry AM
The Hon Margaret Lusink AM
Michael Lynch AO CBE
Estate of Marion McBeath Harper
Sir Charles Mackerras AC CH OBE
Diana McLaurin AM
Carole Meers
Hugo Michell & Brooke Michell
Anne Middleton
Ann Moyal AM
Professor John Mulvaney AO CMG & Jean Mulvaney
Lionel Murphy Foundation
Dr Mary Newlinds
Dr Brenda Niall AO
Hilton Nicholas AM OBE
Cathie Oppenheim
Estate of May Ralph
Family of Alexander M Ramsay CBE & Amy J Ramsay
Scott Redford
Francis Reiss
Raelene Sharp
Sheena Simpson
Stretton family, in memory of Major General Alan Stretton AO CBE
Reg Thoms, Lesley Thoms, Glen Thoms & Paul Thoms
Joan Thorley and the family of Graham Thorley
Estate of Harold Thornton
University of Newcastle Australia
Jozef Vissel
Nic Walker
Marli Wallace
Frank Watters OAM
Susan Webster
Kevin Weldon AO
Terry Wills Cooke OAM

Patrons

$1,000+

Michelle Aboud
Maureen Ashton
James Bain AM & Janette Bain
Douglass Baglin
Elizabeth Barden
Kathleen Barry
Bauer Media Australia
Helen Beare
Nicole Bentley
Beynon family
Lin Bloomfield
John Bradley
Anthony Browell
Chris Budgeon
Bleddyn Butcher
John Caldwell
Tim Clark
Richard B Close
Tony Clune AM
Family of Sir Edgar Coles
Leanne Crisp
Charles Curran AC
Ellen Dahl
Vincent Day & John Bradley
Karla Dickens
Sally Douglas
Graeme Drendel & Wendy Horsburgh
Terry Eichler
Jane Fisk
George Foxhill
Ian Foxton
Alex Frayne
Christine Godden
Jean Goldberg
John Gollings
Elisabeth Green
Brian Griffin
Sir Andrew Grimwade CBD
Dr Peter Halliday, in memory of Norah Knox
Hannah family
Enid Hawkins
Sahlan Hayes
Jane Hayman & Simon Hayman
Warwick Hemsley AO
Meredith Hinchliffe AM
Ross Honeysett
James Horan
Emeritus Professor Colin A Hughes
Peter James
Penny Jurkiewicz & Wal Jurkiewicz
Professor Anne Kelso AC
James Semple Kerr
Martin King
Douglas Kirkland
Lazar Krum
Naomi Landau
Alana Landsberry
Mark Lang
Josephine Lawrence
Connie Leikas
Pat Lesslie, in memory of George Langley and Rob Lesslie
Rabbi John Levi AC
Gladys Lock
Elizabeth H Loftus
Associate Professor Morris Low
Norman McBeath
Andrew Maccoll
John McLean
Jocelyn MacLeod
Dr Mike MacPhail & Rosemary MacPhail
Robin MacQueen
Dr Ray Marginson AM
Mandy Martin
Serafin Martinez & Thai Loi
Nancy Menetrey
Areti Metuamate & Jessa Rogers
Alan Mitchell
Ingrid Mitchell
Mitchell family
James Mollison AO
Christine Moriarty
Mort family
Ingrid Moses AO
Elaine Musgrave
Philip Myers
Roger Neill
John Newton
Charina Oeser
June Orford
Andrew Phelan AM & Monica Phelan
Patricia Piccinini
Piers Plumridge
Powell family
Jimmy Pozariak OAM
Rod Radford AM
The Hon Richard Refshauge AM & Barbara Refshauge
Elizabeth Reid AO
The Hon Margaret Reid AO
Peter Russell-Clarke
Sage
Yoli Salmona
Anouk Sanchez & Coby Sanchez
Elki Sanchez
Anna Sande
Robin Sellick
Merv Shearman
Mary Shedley
Rosamond Shepherd
Harvey Shore & Russell Shore
Heide Smith
Stuart Spence
John Spender KC
Douglas Stewart
Hugh Stewart
Tony Stewart & Denise Rawling
Susan Stitt ACS
Mark Tedeschi AM KC
Mary Thomson
John Thornett & Vivien Thornett
Geoffrey Tozer
Charles W Traill
Ben Travers
John Tsiavis
Mihail Tsikas
Professor Peter van Sommers
Hugo Vickers
Wade family
Murray Walker
Robert Walsh & Rosemary Walsh
Ros Wellings
Professor David Williams
Kim Williams AM
Ruth Wilson
Vivian Wilson
Estate of Nancy Wiseman
John Witzig
William Yang
Brett Yeats OAM & Jennifer Yeats

Community Supporters

$250+

Jayne Anderson AM
David Archer
Sonagh M Asplin
J Benjamin
Terence Bogue
Sarah Brasch
Thea Bryant
Don Burrows AO MBE
David Caird
Jan Carroll
Karin Catt
Howard Coleman & Jenny Techow-Coleman
Scott Coleman
Eva Collins
Adam Cooper
Susan Crawford
Wendy Dalitz
Meg Daly
Peter Eve
Peter Fisher
Dennis Flannery
Ivan Gaal
Sarah Grunstein & Harry Grunstein, in memory of Binem Grunstein
Family of Penne Hackforth-Jones
Haigh family
Doug Hall AM
Eric Harding & Athol Hawke
Jenny Hefford
Madeleine Hill
Susan Hosken
James Houston
Arlene Howes
Reed Hutchinson
Nancy Joyce
Nathan D Kelly
Thomas Kessler
Trish Kevin
Krysia Kitch & David Riggs
Michael Kooymans & Jamies Kooymans
Dr Christiane Lawin-Bruessel
Roslyn Lawson
Helga Leunig
Anne Levy AO
Max Loudon
Gregory McBean
Ashel Mackevicius
Olivia McNally
Joanna Maher
David Malllin
Elise Martin
Gwenda Matthews
Dr Betty Meehan
Jacqueline Mitelman
Mosman Art Gallery
The Hon Justice Debra Mullins AO
Elaine Musgrave
Megan Newman
Simon Obarzanek
Ross O’Connell & Judy O’Connell
Anne O’Hehir
Dr Penny Olsen
Walter Ong & Graeme Marshall
Suzanne Playfoot
Judi Preston-Stanley
Kate Rae
Robert Rosen
Ian Ross
Merran Samuel
John Sandefur
Tony Sattler
Stephen Scheding & Jim Berry
Russell Shakespeare
Susan Smith
Gregory Trigg
Jane Varkulevicius
Gerard Vaughan AM
Karen Vickery
Aden Wang
Lyn Woldendorp
Peter Woollard & Artemis Georgiades
Ron Wylie

Icons Syndicate

Listed alphabetically

Patty Akopiantz AM
Philip Bacon AO
Hayley Baillie
James Baillie
John Barrington AM & Fiona Harris AM
Tim Bednall
Sam Brougham & Tania Brougham
Andrew Butler & Susie Westwood
Janet Calvert-Jones AC
John Calvert-Jones AM
Andrew Cameron AM & Cathy Cameron
Elizabeth Dibbs
Tim Fairfax AC & Gina Fairfax AC
Johanna Featherstone & Geoff Ainsworth AM
Farinne Georgeopoulos & Alexander Georgeopoulos
Gerard Harnan & Kelly West
Michael Kirby AC CMG & Johan van Vloten
Michael Lynch AO CBE
Carole Meers
Sam Meers AO
Naomi Milgrom Foundation
Cathie Oppenheim
Katie Page
Elizabeth Pakchung
Bruce Parncutt AO & Lisa Bowman
Polese Foundation
Nigel Satterley AM & Denise Satterley
Rob Thomas AO
David Tudehope
Katrina Whereat-Savage & Chris Savage
Rosie Williams & John Grill AO
Wright Burt Foundation

Portrait Donors

Acknowledgement current as of 28 July 2026.

The National Portrait Gallery makes every effort to ensure this Honour Board is accurate. If you have any enquiries or notice an error, please contact the Foundation via [email protected] or 02 6102 7026.

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