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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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Betty Burstall

Betty Burstall AM

Betty Burstall AM (1926–2013) played a vital role in the development of theatre in Australia.

1 portrait in the collection

Fly fishing for Atlantic Salmon, Iceland, 2015 Josh Hutchins

Fisheye

Magazine article by Andrew Mayo, 2020

Andrew Mayo explores the portrait piscatorial, with help from two of its most creative practitioners.

Gillian Armstrong AM

Gillian Armstrong AM

Gillian Armstrong AM

Gillian Armstrong AM, 1973

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2003

Guy Pearce

Guy Pearce

Guy Pearce

Guy Pearce, 2000 (printed 2004)

Portrait, type C photograph on paper

Purchased 2005

Escape, 2006 by Eddy Collett

Headspace 7

Me and My Place

Previous exhibition, 2006

Headspace 7: Me and My Place, the seventh in the National Portrait Gallery's series of student exhibitions, will be presented at Commonwealth Place. Me and My Place is the curatorial theme for the 2006 exhibition.

Tom Carroll

Tom Carroll

Tom Carroll (b.1961), former professional surfer, made the finals of the 1979 Pipe Masters on his first ever world tour, finishing 24th in the world that same year.

1 portrait in the collection

Neil Finn

Crowded House

Crowded House is a much-loved Australian-New Zealand rock band formed in Melbourne in 1985 by talented singer/songwriter Neil Finn OBE (b.

3 portraits in the collection

Prue Acton

Prue Acton

Prue Acton

Prue Acton, 2012

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2012

Rachel

Rachel

Rachel

Rachel, 2021

Thea Anamara Perkins

Portrait, synthetic polymer paint on gessoboard

Purchased 2022

Dame Helen Blaxland

Dame Helen Blaxland DBE

Dame Helen Blaxland DBE (1907–1989), conservationist and fundraiser, studied at the Julian Ashton School of Art in Sydney.

1 portrait in the collection

Self portrait

Self portrait

Self portrait

Self portrait, 2006

Judy Cassab AO CBE

Portrait, oil on board

Gift of Dr Phillip Dutton and Valerie Dutton 2013. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Neil Finn

Neil Finn OBE

Singer/songwriter and guitarist Neil Finn OBE (b. 1958) was born in Te Awamutu, Aotearoa New Zealand, a small town on the north island.

3 portraits in the collection

Jimmy Little, Sydney

Jimmy Little AO

Jimmy Little AO (1937–2012), singer, actor and advocate, was a Yorta Yorta man raised at the Cummerangunja Mission near the Murray River, New South Wales.

3 portraits in the collection

June Dally-Watkins

June Dally-Watkins

June Dally-Watkins

June Dally-Watkins, 1959

Judy Cassab AO CBE

Portrait, oil on canvas

Purchased with funds provided by the Annual Appeal 2023

Oodgeroo Noonuccal at Moongalba

Proof

Portraits from The Movement 1978-2003

Previous exhibition, 2003

Portraits from The Movement is the first comprehensive survey of photographs from the Juno Gemes archive, which has supported the Aboriginal struggle for justice in Australia from 1978 to the present day.

Carla Zampatti

Carla Zampatti

Carla Zampatti

Carla Zampatti, 2015

Portrait, inkjet print on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2016

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