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The National Portrait Gallery's growing collection of around 3500 works consists of representations of individuals who have influenced or contributed to the shaping of Australia as a nation and a society.
Activism (83)
Agriculture and farming (26)
Architecture, design and fashion (72)
Business, trades and industry (187)
Education and research (80)
Exploration and settlement (111)
Family of main sitter (5)
Food and cooking (26)
Government and leadership (345)
Health and medicine (78)
Indigenous identity (65)
Law and justice (114)
Agriculture and farming (26)
Architecture, design and fashion (72)
Business, trades and industry (187)
Education and research (80)
Exploration and settlement (111)
Family of main sitter (5)
Food and cooking (26)
Government and leadership (345)
Health and medicine (78)
Indigenous identity (65)
Law and justice (114)
Study for a portrait of Alex Wodak, c. 2005 by Nick Mourtzakis
Captain Matthew Flinders RN, 1814 by an unknown artist, Joyce Gold Naval Chronicle Office
Emily Kame Kngwarreye with Lily, 1993 by Jenny Sages
John Thornett, 1966 by Lesley Moline
Carla Zampatti, 2015 by Georges Antoni
Bonita Mabo, 1994 (printed 2011) by Lorrie Graham
Ian Kiernan, 1996 by Kate Gollings
Peter Corris, 1982 (printed 2011) by Lorrie Graham
Mirka Mora, 2001 by Greg Weight
Charles Blackman, 2008 by Sahlan Hayes
Lee Lin Chin, 2004 by George Fetting
Peter Thomson, c.1960 by Louis Kahan
