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by artists who are female with an image online sorted by acquisition date
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Self portrait

Self portrait
1934

Nora Heysen AM

Self portrait

Self portrait
between 1951 and 1953

Janet Dawson

On display: Gallery Three
Self portrait

Self portrait
1948

Grace Cossington Smith OBE

On display: Gallery Three
Self portrait

Self portrait
1990

Anne Zahalka

Self portrait

Self portrait
c. 1934

Stella Bowen

On Reflection

On Reflection
2004

Hossein Valamanesh, Angela Valamanesh

On display: Gallery Two
Disillusion self portrait

Disillusion self portrait
1983

Mary MacQueen

On display: Gallery Five
Self portrait

Self portrait
1911

Evelyn Chapman

Potters' Portrait Pot

Potters' Portrait Pot
2009

Hermannsburg Potters, Irene Mbitjana Entata, Virginia Mbitjana Rontji, Lindy Panangka Rontji, Rahel Kngwarria Ungwanaka, Rona Panangka Rubuntja, Dawn Ngala Wheeler, Judith Pungarta Inkamala, Anita Ratara Mbitjana, Hayley Panangka Coulthard, Clara Ngala Inkamala

The photographer's shadow (Olive Cotton and Max Dupain)

The photographer's shadow (Olive Cotton and Max Dupain)
c. 1935 (printed 1999)

Olive Cotton

Self portrait

Self portrait
1909

Bess Norriss Tait

Study for self portrait

Study for self portrait
c. 1965

Jean Appleton

On display: Gallery Five
Self portrait

Self portrait
1999/2005

Tracey Moffatt

Self portrait

Self portrait
2006

Judy Cassab AO CBE

On display: Gallery Five
Self portrait (Hilda in the Chinoise hat)

Self portrait (Hilda in the Chinoise hat)
c. 1913

Hilda Rix Nicholas

Self portrait

Self portrait
1921

Thea Proctor

Self portrait

Self portrait
1965

Jean Appleton

On display: Gallery Three
Self portrait

Self portrait
n.d.

Ada May Plante

After Jack

After Jack
2012

Jenny Sages

Self portrait as Sarah Wisse, Transported

Self portrait as Sarah Wisse, Transported
1996

Margaret Woodward

Ngalim-Ngalimbooroo Ngagenybe

Ngalim-Ngalimbooroo Ngagenybe
2018

Shirley Purdie

Self Portrait in a Brown Coat

Self Portrait in a Brown Coat
1936

Christine A. Pecket

On display: Gallery Six
Self portrait with Bottlebrush

Self portrait with Bottlebrush
1991

Margaret Olley AC

Self portrait

Self portrait
1900

Agnes Goodsir

William, Randwick

William, Randwick
1975/2008

William Yang, Melody Cooper

Ngayulu Minyma Tjanpinya, I am a Tjanpi Woman

Ngayulu Minyma Tjanpinya, I am a Tjanpi Woman
2018

Tjunkaya Tapaya OAM, Tjanpi Desert Weavers

Self-nature is subtle and mysterious - Tree Woman / Woman Tree

Self-nature is subtle and mysterious - Tree Woman / Woman Tree
2023

Nell, Warwick Edgington, Annette Blair and Belinda Toll, Canberra Glassworks, Crawfords Casting, Eveleigh Works

On display: Gallery Two
Study for self portrait

Study for self portrait
c. 1965

Jean Appleton

Study for self portrait

Study for self portrait
c. 1965

Jean Appleton

Study for self portrait

Study for self portrait
c. 1965

Jean Appleton

blood/memory: Brenda & Christopher I (Gurindji/Malngin/Mudburra; Mara/Ngarrindjeri/Ritharrngu; Anglo-Australian/Chinese/German/Irish/Scottish) 2021

blood/memory: Brenda & Christopher I (Gurindji/Malngin/Mudburra; Mara/Ngarrindjeri/Ritharrngu;…

Brenda L Croft

Blow Back

Blow Back
2018

Julie Rrap

On display: Gallery Two
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