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

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

Jenny Sages

June Dally-Watkins

June Dally-Watkins
1959

Judy Cassab AO CBE

David Lloyd Jones

David Lloyd Jones
1944

Sir William Dobell OBE

Pat Corrigan

Pat Corrigan
2007 (printed 2021)

Anne Zahalka

Kerry Stokes

Kerry Stokes
2014 (printed 2021)

Peter Brew-Bevan

Turia Pitt

Turia Pitt
2017 (printed 2021)

Peter Brew-Bevan

Marc Besen AC and Eva Besen AO Featuring a favourite painting, Fred Williams ‘Wild Dog Creek’ 1977

Marc Besen AC and Eva Besen AO Featuring a favourite painting, Fred Williams…

Raelene Sharp

Portrait of Philip Williams

Portrait of Philip Williams
2019

Rick Amor

Sir Ernest Thomas Fisk

Sir Ernest Thomas Fisk
1943-1944

Charles Wheeler

Charles Kingsford Smith and crew of the Southern Cross before the east-west crossing of the Atlantic, June 1930

Charles Kingsford Smith and crew of the Southern Cross before the east-west…

International News Photos Inc

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Head of H.C. Coombs
c. 1972 (cast 2018)

Norma Redpath

Sir Tristan Antico

Sir Tristan Antico
1993 (printed 2018)

Gary Ede

Dick Düsseldorp

Dick Düsseldorp
1991 (printed 2018)

Gary Ede

Gail Kelly

Gail Kelly
2018

Paul Newton

Sir Lawrence Wackett

Sir Lawrence Wackett
n.d.

Louis Kahan AO

Herbert Cole 'Nugget' Coombs

Herbert Cole 'Nugget' Coombs
early 1970s

Louis Kahan AO

Herbert Cole 'Nugget' Coombs

Herbert Cole 'Nugget' Coombs
n.d.

Louis Kahan AO

Sir Frank Packer

Sir Frank Packer
n.d.

Louis Kahan AO

June Dally Watkins

June Dally Watkins
c. 1968 (printed 2017)

Robert McFarlane

Hudson Fysh

Hudson Fysh
1951

Max Dupain OBE

Portrait of Frank Lowy AC

Portrait of Frank Lowy AC
2014

Paul Newton

John Dunn

John Dunn
c. 1880s

an unknown artist

Sir Clive McPherson

Sir Clive McPherson
early 1950s

Sir William Dargie CBE

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Listening to Light, Simon Mordant
2015

Chloe Vallance

Patrick Corrigan

Patrick Corrigan
2015

Gary Grealy

Brian and Gene Sherman

Brian and Gene Sherman
2009

Gary Grealy

A Commissioner of Customs

A Commissioner of Customs "Faithful to Francis" [The Hon. Edward Cohen…

Tom Durkin, The Weekly Times

A Wool Merchant

A Wool Merchant "Colonial John Bull" [Mr Richard Goldsbrough]
1874

Tom Durkin, The Weekly Times

A Vanquished Knight

A Vanquished Knight "Wroth with Kilmore" [The Hon. John O'Shanassy, K.C.M.G.]…

Tom Durkin, The Weekly Times

The Member of the Upper House

The Member of the Upper House "One of the Olden Time" [The Hon. John Alston…

Tom Durkin, The Weekly Times

A Chief Secretary

A Chief Secretary "Blunt, but Honest" [The Hon. James Goodall Francis]
1874

Tom Durkin, The Weekly Times

A Goldfields Member

A Goldfields Member "The Dove of Ararat" [The Hon. William McLellan M.L.A]…

Tom Durkin, The Weekly Times

E. W. Knox

E. W. Knox
1933

Lyndon Dadswell CMG

John Schaeffer AO - art collector and philanthropist

John Schaeffer AO - art collector and philanthropist
2014

Evert Ploeg

Helena Rubinstein in a red brocade Balenciaga gown

Helena Rubinstein in a red brocade Balenciaga gown
1957

Graham Sutherland

Donald Gordon Mackay

Donald Gordon Mackay
1998

Judy Cassab AO CBE

Sir Noel Foley

Sir Noel Foley
c. 1985-1990

Brian Dunlop

Binem Grunstein

Binem Grunstein
c. 1948

an unknown artist

Saide, R.Y.S. (Charles Gibson Millar)

Saide, R.Y.S. (Charles Gibson Millar)
1894

Sir Leslie Ward, Vincent Brooks, Day & Son, Vanity Fair Magazine

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Max Schubert
1980

David Simpson

Alfred Simpson

Alfred Simpson
c. 1866

an unknown artist

Portrait of Sir Edgar Coles

Portrait of Sir Edgar Coles
1962

Reinis Zusters

D.A.S. Campbell (David Alexander Stewart Campbell)

D.A.S. Campbell (David Alexander Stewart Campbell)
1963

Sir William Dargie CBE

Sir Keith Murdoch

Sir Keith Murdoch
1944

Danila Vassilieff

Opening of the First Legislative Council of Victoria by Governor Charles Joseph LaTrobe at St Patrick's Hall, Bourke Street West, Melbourne November 13th 1851

Opening of the First Legislative Council of Victoria by Governor Charles…

John Noone after William Strutt

Frank Beaurepaire

Frank Beaurepaire
n.d.

John Frith

Portrait of David Gonski AC

Portrait of David Gonski AC
2012

Paul Newton

Charles and Adam

Charles and Adam
1990 (printed 2013)

Michael Riley

William Walford

William Walford
c. 1873

an unknown artist

3 Mordants

3 Mordants
2011

Adam Cullen

Portrait of Henry Hopkins

Portrait of Henry Hopkins
c. 1845

Thomas Griffiths Wainewright

Mr John Eason

Mr John Eason
1838

W. B. Gould

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Maurice Newman
1997

Hui Hai Xie

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Richard Humphry
1997

Hui Hai Xie

Gavin Campbell

Gavin Campbell
1993

Bill Leak

Lawrence Cox

Lawrence Cox
1994

Brian Dunlop

L. Ian Roach

L. Ian Roach
1994

Paul Fitzgerald AM

Dick Smith

Dick Smith
1999 (printed 2012)

Rob Tuckwell

Bert Hinkler

Bert Hinkler
1930s

Nison Tregor

Walter A Gale

Walter A Gale
1917

Boz

Edmund Jowett

Edmund Jowett
1917

Boz

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H.B.G Larkin
1928

L E. Reynolds

T.T. Seppelt

T.T. Seppelt
1923

Tom Glover

David Mitchell

David Mitchell
1903 (later reworked)

Ada Whiting

Robert Carter

Robert Carter
c. 1910

William Johnson

New South Wales State Repatriation Board

New South Wales State Repatriation Board
c. 1920

Frank Neish

Eric McIllree

Eric McIllree
1971

Clifton Pugh AO

Mrs Bonney flying from Australia to South Africa via Siam. Singapore 1937 (full length portrait)

Mrs Bonney flying from Australia to South Africa via Siam. Singapore 1937…

an unknown artist

Mrs Bonney flying from Australia to South Africa via Siam. Singapore 1937 (in her aeroplane,

Mrs Bonney flying from Australia to South Africa via Siam. Singapore 1937…

an unknown artist

Claude Charlick

Claude Charlick
1961

Sir Ivor Hele

Sir Ernest Fisk

Sir Ernest Fisk
n.d. (after 1937)

an unknown artist

Sir Robert Gibson

Sir Robert Gibson
1934

Paul Montford

Simon McKeon

Simon McKeon
2012

Dave Tacon

Frank Beaurepaire

Frank Beaurepaire
c. 1924

Bain News Service

Richard Pratt

Richard Pratt
2003 (printed 2011)

Lorrie Graham

Lang Hancock

Lang Hancock
1980 (printed 2011)

Lorrie Graham

Janet Holmes á Court

Janet Holmes á Court
2001 (printed 2011)

Lorrie Graham

Frank Lowy

Frank Lowy
1998 (printed 2011)

Lorrie Graham

Franco and Amina Belgiorno-Nettis

Franco and Amina Belgiorno-Nettis
1991 (printed 2011)

Gary Ede

Charles Warman Roberts

Charles Warman Roberts
1878

George Baird Shaw

Frederick Cato

Frederick Cato
1932

W B McInnes

Edward Knox Jnr and Thomas Forster Knox.

Edward Knox Jnr and Thomas Forster Knox.
c. 1855

an unknown artist

Edward Knox

Edward Knox
c. 1855

an unknown artist

Sir Lawrence Wackett

Sir Lawrence Wackett
c. 1961

Sir William Dargie CBE

Dan (Sir Daniel Cooper)

Dan (Sir Daniel Cooper)
1890s

Sir Leslie Ward, Hentschel-Colourtype, Vanity Fair Magazine

Edward Lloyd Jones

Edward Lloyd Jones
c. 1885

Herbert Beecroft

David Jones

David Jones
1853

Henry Robinson Smith

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Mervyn Godfrey
2009

June Orford, Tim Ainsworth

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The Godfrey family of Melways guides
2009

Francis Reiss, June Orford, Tim Ainsworth

Gordon and Marilyn Darling

Gordon and Marilyn Darling
1994

Francis Reiss, June Orford

Sir Charles Lloyd Jones

Sir Charles Lloyd Jones
1951

Sir William Dobell OBE

On loan to Canberra Museum and Gallery
Sir Hudson Fysh

Sir Hudson Fysh
1950

Sir William Dobell OBE

John O'Shanassy

John O'Shanassy
c. 1860

an unknown artist

June Dally-Watkins

June Dally-Watkins
1949 (printed 2008)

Max Dupain OBE

Sir William Gaston Walkley

Sir William Gaston Walkley
1958

William Pidgeon

Shigeo Sawada

Shigeo Sawada
c. 1915

Kan Studios

Patrick Corrigan

Patrick Corrigan
2006

Paul Newton

Steve Irwin

Steve Irwin
2005

Robin Sellick

Portrait of Mr Frank Packer

Portrait of Mr Frank Packer
1956

Judy Cassab AO CBE

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