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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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(Rosaleen Norton) Chain of being, 2023-2024

Portrait, etching on paper

Gift of the artist 2025. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

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(Leila Waddell) Chain of being, 2023-2024

Portrait, etching on paper

Gift of the artist 2025. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

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Rosalie Kunoth, 1967

Portrait, oil on canvas mounted on board

Gift of Audrey Cameron in memory of the artist Donald Cameron 2022

Aussie Icon: Portrait of Jenny Kee

Aussie Icon: Portrait of Jenny Kee

Aussie Icon: Portrait of Jenny Kee

Aussie Icon: Portrait of Jenny Kee, 2022

Portrait, synthetic polymer paint on wood

Purchased 2022

Alex Miller, novelist

Alex Miller, novelist

Alex Miller, novelist

Alex Miller, novelist, 2022

Portrait, oil on canvas

Gift of the artist 2022

Chris Hemsworth

Chris Hemsworth

Chris Hemsworth

Chris Hemsworth, 2016 (printed 2021)

Peter Brew-Bevan

Portrait, inkjet print on paper

Gift of the artist 2021

Richard Walsh, Editor OZ magazine at the Hunter Street offices

Richard Walsh, Editor OZ magazine at the Hunter Street offices

Richard Walsh, Editor OZ magazine at the Hunter Street offices

Richard Walsh, Editor OZ magazine at the Hunter Street offices, c. 1966 (printed 2021)

Robert McFarlane

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Purchased with funds provided by Tim Bednall 2021

Portrait of Sarah Bernhardt as Marguerite Gautier in 'La Dame aux Camélias'

Portrait of Sarah Bernhardt as Marguerite Gautier in 'La Dame aux Camélias'

Portrait of Sarah Bernhardt as Marguerite Gautier in 'La Dame aux Camélias'

Portrait of Sarah Bernhardt as Marguerite Gautier in 'La Dame aux Camélias', 1891

H. Walter Barnett, Falk Studios

Portrait, albumen silver photograph on cabinet card

Purchased 2020

Walala Tjapaltjarri

Walala Tjapaltjarri

Walala Tjapaltjarri

Walala Tjapaltjarri, 2009

Portrait, inkjet print on cotton rag paper

Gift of Patrick Corrigan AM 2020. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Jeanne Pratt at home

Jeanne Pratt at home

Jeanne Pratt at home

Jeanne Pratt at home, 2015

Alana Landsberry

Portrait, type C photograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Alana Landsberry and Bauer Media Australia 2019

James Macarthur

James Macarthur

James Macarthur

James Macarthur, c. 1836-1838

an unknown artist

Portrait, black and bronze ink with white bodycolour highlight on buff board

Purchased 2019

Thomas and John Clarke, bushrangers, photographed in Braidwood Gaol

Thomas and John Clarke, bushrangers, photographed in Braidwood Gaol

Thomas and John Clarke, bushrangers, photographed in Braidwood Gaol

Thomas and John Clarke, bushrangers, photographed in Braidwood Gaol, 1867

an unknown artist

Portrait, albumen silver photograph on laid down on a section cut from a nineteenth century album page

Purchased 2019

George Spartels

George Spartels

George Spartels

George Spartels, early 1970s

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2019

Charles Perkins

Charles Perkins

Charles Perkins

Charles Perkins, 1974

Portrait, fibre-tipped pen, watercolour on paper

Gift of HOTA (Home of the Arts), Gold Coast 2019 with the encouragement of Patrick Corrigan AM

The Delltones

The Delltones

The Delltones

The Delltones, 1964 (printed 2019)

Ern McQuillan OAM

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2019

Woburn Sheepshearing

Woburn Sheepshearing

Woburn Sheepshearing

Woburn Sheepshearing, 1811

Thomas Morris, M N. Bates, Joseph C. Stadler after George Garrard

Portrait, aquatint with stipple and etching and engraving, hand coloured on chine colle on paper laid down on cotton stretched over wooden strainer

Purchased 2018

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