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Blood money - infinite dollar note - Aunty Regina Pilawuk Wilson

Blood money - infinite dollar note - Aunty Regina Pilawuk Wilson
2023

Dr Ryan Presley

On display: Gallery Three
Self portrait

Self portrait
2024

Mitch Cairns

On display: Gallery Three
Robert Hughes

Robert Hughes
1963

Louis Kahan AO

On display: Gallery One
Albert and Vincent

Albert and Vincent
2024

Vincent Namatjira OAM

On display: Gallery Three
Eric

Eric
2020

Amos Gebhardt

On display: Gallery Three
Portrait of Jill

Portrait of Jill
2021

Graeme Drendel

On display: Gallery One
Alice Giles

Alice Giles
1984

Rosemary Madigan

On display: Gallery Three
Richard N (sitting on green chair backwards, 2 faces)

Richard N (sitting on green chair backwards, 2 faces)
2000-2010

Howard Tangye

On display: Gallery Three
Aussie Icon: Portrait of Linda Jackson

Aussie Icon: Portrait of Linda Jackson
2023

Adrienne Doig

On display: Gallery Three
Men of High Degree: Kev Carmody (Bundjalung/Lama Lama Peoples)

Men of High Degree: Kev Carmody (Bundjalung/Lama Lama Peoples)
2023

Brenda L Croft, Prue Hazelgrove, Richard Crampton

On display: Gallery Three
Gene Sherman with Family, After Tillers, After Freud, After Watteau

Gene Sherman with Family, After Tillers, After Freud, After Watteau
1995

Jenny Sages

On display: Gallery Three
June Dally-Watkins

June Dally-Watkins
1959

Judy Cassab AO CBE

On display: Gallery One
Aussie Icon: Portrait of Jenny Kee

Aussie Icon: Portrait of Jenny Kee
2022

Adrienne Doig

On display: Gallery Three
Rachel

Rachel
2021

Thea Anamara Perkins

On display: Gallery Three
Warwick Thornton

Warwick Thornton
2019 (printed 2022)

Susan Stitt ACS

On display: Gallery Three
Play on (A portrait of Neale Daniher)

Play on (A portrait of Neale Daniher)
2021

Michael Peck

On display: Gallery Two
Noel Fraser Hickey

Noel Fraser Hickey
1957

Nancy Menetrey

On display: Gallery One
David Lloyd Jones

David Lloyd Jones
1944

Sir William Dobell OBE

On display: Gallery One
Mary Chomley

Mary Chomley
1909

Violet Teague

On display: Gallery One
Dr Joseph Brown with Two Typists

Dr Joseph Brown with Two Typists
1996

Noel McKenna

On display: Gallery One
Self portrait with Bottlebrush

Self portrait with Bottlebrush
1991

Margaret Olley AC

On display: Gallery One
Self Portrait in a Brown Coat

Self Portrait in a Brown Coat
1936

Christine A. Pecket

On display: Gallery One
Richard Tognetti #1510

Richard Tognetti #1510
2018

Louise Hearman

On display: Gallery Two
Study for The Writer, Peter Goldsworthy

Study for The Writer, Peter Goldsworthy
2018

Deidre But-Husaim

On display: Gallery One
Study of Louis Nowra

Study of Louis Nowra
2018

Imants Tillers

On display: Gallery Three
Judith Wright with Barbara Blackman

Judith Wright with Barbara Blackman
c. 1956

Charles Blackman OBE

On display: Gallery Two
Rachel Roxburgh

Rachel Roxburgh
1939

Adelaide Perry

On display: Gallery One
William Robertson junior

William Robertson junior
c. 1857

Conway Hart

On display: Gallery One
Portrait of an Artist (Self portrait)

Portrait of an Artist (Self portrait)
1944

David Strachan

On display: Gallery One
Helena Rubinstein in a red brocade Balenciaga gown

Helena Rubinstein in a red brocade Balenciaga gown
1957

Graham Sutherland

On display: Gallery One
Alan Marshall

Alan Marshall
1971

Noel Counihan

On display: Gallery One
Michelle de Kretser, Geography & History

Michelle de Kretser, Geography & History
2013

Weng-Ho Chong

On display: Gallery Two
Yellow portrait (portrait of Alex Jelinek)

Yellow portrait (portrait of Alex Jelinek)
1955

Lina Bryans

On display: Gallery One
Carl Cooper

Carl Cooper
1945-1946

Arthur Boyd AC OBE

On display: Gallery One
Ivy Shore

Ivy Shore
1961

Graeme Inson

On display: Gallery One
Maisie

Maisie
1938-1939

Peter Purves Smith

On display: Gallery One
David Malouf

David Malouf
2012

Rick Amor

On display: Gallery One
Portrait of Tam Purves

Portrait of Tam Purves
1958

John Brack

On display: Gallery One
Zelman Cowen

Zelman Cowen
c. 1977

Ray Crooke AM

On display: Gallery One
Harold Blair

Harold Blair
1948

Ernest Buckmaster

On display: Gallery One
Jessie Street

Jessie Street
1929

Reginald Jerrold-Nathan

On display: Gallery One
Marcia Langton

Marcia Langton
2009

Brook Andrew, Trent Walter

On display: Gallery Two
Geo Face Distributor

Geo Face Distributor
2009

James Angus

On display: forecourt
Glenn Murcutt

Glenn Murcutt
1992

Ken Done

On display: Gallery Two
Self portrait

Self portrait
c. 1930

Percy Leason

On display: Gallery One
Jean Bellette

Jean Bellette
1937

Adrian Lawlor

On display: Gallery One
Florence Austral

Florence Austral
c. 1930

Howard Barron

On display: Gallery One
Lowitja O'Donoghue

Lowitja O'Donoghue
2006

Robert Hannaford AM

On display: Gallery One
Sketch portrait of Sir Alex Onslow

Sketch portrait of Sir Alex Onslow
1896

Tom Roberts

On display: Gallery One
L. Gordon Darling AC CMG

L. Gordon Darling AC CMG
2006

Jiawei Shen

On display: foyer
A Portrait (Kate Hattam)

A Portrait (Kate Hattam)
1956

Clifton Pugh AO

On display: Gallery One
Study for commissioned portrait of HRH Crown Princess Mary of Denmark (profile head study)

Study for commissioned portrait of HRH Crown Princess Mary of Denmark (profile…

Jiawei Shen

On display: Gallery One
Portrait of Deborah Vernon Hackett

Portrait of Deborah Vernon Hackett
c. 1905

Florence Ada Fuller

On display: Gallery One
Marea Gazzard

Marea Gazzard
1966

Judy Cassab AO CBE

On display: Gallery One
Paul Kelly

Paul Kelly
2004

Jon Campbell

On display: Gallery One
George Duncan

George Duncan
c. 1940

Alison Rehfisch

On display: Gallery One
Senator Nancy Buttfield

Senator Nancy Buttfield
1958

Sir Ivor Hele

On display: Gallery One
Self portrait with gladioli

Self portrait with gladioli
1922

George Lambert

On display: Gallery One
Portrait of Ambrose Patterson

Portrait of Ambrose Patterson
1901-1902

Hugh Ramsay

On display: Gallery One
Self portrait

Self portrait
c. 1934

Stella Bowen

On display: Gallery One
Self portrait

Self portrait
1948

Grace Cossington Smith OBE

On display: Gallery One
Portrait of Jill Neville

Portrait of Jill Neville
1967 (completed 1997)

Reginald Gray

On display: Gallery One
Portrait of Kenneth Rowell

Portrait of Kenneth Rowell
1967

David Strachan

On display: Gallery Two
Sir Charles Kingsford Smith and Captain Charles Ulm

Sir Charles Kingsford Smith and Captain Charles Ulm
1961

Sir William Dargie CBE

On display: Gallery One
Albert Namatjira

Albert Namatjira
1958

Sir William Dargie CBE

On display: Gallery One
Deborah Mailman

Deborah Mailman
1999

Evert Ploeg

On display: Gallery Three
Portrait of Ruth Cracknell as the Sibyl

Portrait of Ruth Cracknell as the Sibyl
1995

Rosemary Valadon

On display: Gallery One
Robert H. Black MD

Robert H. Black MD
c. 1950

Nora Heysen AM

On display: Gallery One
Nick Cave

Nick Cave
1999

Howard Arkley

On display: Gallery Two
Self portrait with glove

Self portrait with glove
1939

Herbert Badham

On display: Gallery One
Self portrait at easel

Self portrait at easel
1960-1961

Fred Williams

On display: Gallery One
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