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The National Portrait Gallery acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of Country throughout Australia and recognises the continuing connection to lands, waters and communities. We pay our respect to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures and to Elders both past and present.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are warned that this website contains images of deceased persons.

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George Michael Prendergast

George Michael Prendergast

George Michael Prendergast (1854-1937), printer and premier, was born to an Irish goldminer and his wife and was apprenticed to the printer of the Pleasant Creek News in 1868.

1 portrait in the collection

The Bushranger Tragedy (from The Australasian Sketcher, 23 November 1878)

Sergeant Michael Kennedy

A police party comprising Sergeant Kennedy and Constables Lonigan, Scanlan and McIntyre was dispatched to capture the Kelly gang in 1878.

1 portrait in the collection

Jakob Ryle Schulz, 2006 by Dirk-Michael Schulz

Jakob Ryle Schulz, 2006

by Dirk-Michael Schulz

Dr Ray Marginson AM

Dr Ray Marginson AM

Dr Ray Marginson AM

Dr Ray Marginson AM, 1985

Michael Meszaros

Portrait, cast bronze medallion on wood plaque

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Dr Ray Marginson AM 2001

Dame Zaha Hadid, 2008 Michael Craig-Martin

Dame Zaha Hadid

Michael Craig-Martin

Balla Neba, n.d. Michael Jalaru Torres

Balla Neba

Michael Jalaru Torres

Hetti

Beauty and strength

Portraits by Michael Riley

Previous exhibition, 2014

Influential Indigenous Australian artist Michael Riley (1960 - 2004) created these portrait photographs between 1984 and 1990 - they stand as an intricately connected group portrait of the vibrant urban-based Indigenous arts community in Sydney's inner-west at a formative moment.

Michael Hutchence by Harry Borden

An interview with photographer Harry Borden about his portrait of Michael Hutchence.

Michael with beetroot sprouting

Michael with beetroot sprouting

Michael with beetroot sprouting

Michael with beetroot sprouting, 2008

Portrait, pastel on paper

Purchased 2015

Michael Hutchence

Michael Hutchence

Michael Hutchence

Michael Hutchence, 1997

Portrait, type C photograph on paper

Purchased 2000

Michael Chaney

Michael Chaney

Michael Chaney

Michael Chaney, 2005

Portrait, type C photograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2006

Michael Milton

Michael Milton

Michael Milton

Michael Milton, 2012

Portrait, type C photograph on paper

Purchased 2012

Michael Kelly

Michael Kelly

Michael Kelly

Michael Kelly, 1998

Portrait, soft ground etching on paper.

Gift of the artist 2005. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Michael Leunig

Michael Leunig

Michael Leunig

Michael Leunig, 2004

Jacqueline Mitelman

Portrait, type C photograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2005

Michael Hutchence

Michael Hutchence

Michael Hutchence

Michael Hutchence, 1997

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 1999

Sir John 'Bawra' Higgins

Sir John Michael Higgins GCMG

Sir John Michael Higgins GCMG (1862-1937), metallurgist, government adviser and company director, was the son of a miner and was indentured to a pharmacist at 14.

1 portrait in the collection

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