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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.

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Guthugga Pipeline, Christmas Show, upstairs, The (old) Griffin Centre, Civic, 22 December 1979. Crowd, L-R : Ben Donaldson, Anne Redmond, Nick Vollis, Esa Makela, Megan Woodrow (Mohawk), Andy Hall (scarf) 'pling

Capital Cool

Stop in all the byways, playin' rock 'n roll

General content

Outsiders tend to give Canberra a bad rap: sterile, plagued by politicians, a comatose capital for professionals and academics. Nick Cave once said he didn’t like the city because there were too many punks.

Bangardidjan, 2022 Renae Saxby

Bangardidjan

Ngayulu Minyma Tjanpinya, I am a Tjanpi Woman

Ngayulu Minyma Tjanpinya, I am a Tjanpi Woman

Ngayulu Minyma Tjanpinya, I am a Tjanpi Woman

Ngayulu Minyma Tjanpinya, I am a Tjanpi Woman, 2018

Tjunkaya Tapaya OAM, Tjanpi Desert Weavers

Portrait, Tjanpi (dry grass), acrylic wool, raffia, wire

Purchased 2022

Ivan and Lillian, 2012 by Margot Sharman

Ivan and Lillian, 2012

by Margot Sharman

In Doubt, 2017 by Eva Collins

In Doubt, 2017

Zareth, 2009 by Scott Bycroft

Zareth, 2009

by Scott Bycroft

Bon Scott & Angus Young, Atlanta, Georgia

Bon Scott

Ronald 'Bon' Scott (1946-1980) had come to Australia with his family in 1952, aged six, had lived in Melbourne and Fremantle, where he joined a pipe band; had dropped out of school at fifteen; and had spent some time in custody.

1 portrait in the collection

Danny, 2013 by Daniel Arnaldi

Danny, 2013

by Daniel Arnaldi

Steven Bishop, performer by Nathalie Latham

Australia's Creative Diaspora

Photographed by Nathalie Latham

Previous exhibition, 2007

Paris based Australian photographer and filmmaker Nathalie Latham has an ongoing interest in the creative achievements of other Australian artists living in various locations around the globe.

Stevie Wright

Tribute

Magazine article, 2016

Stevie Wright (1947-2015), singer-songwriter, came to Australia from England at the age of nine.

Shirley Purdie

Contributing artists

Born: 1947, Gilbun – Mabel Downs Station, WA
Works: Warmun, WA

Eleni and the bookshop, 2020 Tracy Ponich

Eleni and the bookshop

Sophie at 17, 2021 Ilana Rose

Sophie at 17

Shahleena Musk

Shahleena Musk

Shahleena Musk

Shahleena Musk, c. 2000

Portrait, type C photograph on paper

Gift of the artist 2004

Malala Yousafzai, 2018 Shirin Neshat

Malala Yousafzai

Angus Young, AC/DC, LA

Oz Rock

Gettin’ robbed, gettin’ stoned, gettin’ beat up, broken boned

General content

Two of the music industry’s highest-selling performers originated in suburban Australia. The Bee Gees started out in Brisbane, for instance, and AC/DC played their first gigs at a nightclub in inner Sydney.

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