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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.

Turia Pitt
Turia Pitt
Turia Pitt
Peter Brew-Bevan

Turia Pitt, 2017 (printed 2021)

Portrait, inkjet print on paper

Purchased with funds provided by the Annual Appeal for Contemporary Australian Photography 2021

The Right Honourable William Pitt
The Right Honourable William Pitt
The Right Honourable William Pitt
Charles Brome after William Owen

The Right Honourable William Pitt, 1799

Portrait, line engraving on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2016

Reg Livermore, Pitt Street, Sydney
Reg Livermore, Pitt Street, Sydney
Reg Livermore, Pitt Street, Sydney
Robert McFarlane

Reg Livermore, Pitt Street, Sydney, 1965 (printed 2020)

Portrait, inkjet print on paper

Purchased 2020

George Rose
George Rose
George Rose
Giovanni Vendramini, T Cadell & W Davies after William Evans, Sir William Beechey

George Rose, 1811

Portrait, engraving on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2012

John Connell
John Connell
John Connell
Richard Read Jnr

John Connell, c. 1830

Portrait, watercolour on paper laid on cardboard

Gift of Eleanor Thornton 2013. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Hera Roberts
Hera Roberts
Hera Roberts
Max Dupain OBE

Hera Roberts, 1936

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Gift of Rex Dupain 2003. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

The Sculling Match at Sydney for the Championship of the World
The Sculling Match at Sydney for the Championship of the World
The Sculling Match at Sydney for the Championship of the World
an unknown artist, The Australasian Sketcher

The Sculling Match at Sydney for the Championship of the World, 1877

Portrait, wood engraving on paper

Purchased 2015

John Fairfax
John Fairfax
John Fairfax
Edwin Dalton

John Fairfax, c. 1860

Portrait, pastel on paper laid on canvas

Gift of John Fairfax Holdings Ltd 2002. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

The Burke and Wills Monument
The Burke and Wills Monument
The Burke and Wills Monument
Thomas Foster Chuck

The Burke and Wills Monument, 1869

Portrait, albumen paper photograph on carte de visite

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2001

William Francis King, 'The Flying Pieman'
William Francis King, 'The Flying Pieman'
William Francis King, 'The Flying Pieman'
John Davis

William Francis King, 'The Flying Pieman', c. 1869

Portrait, albumen paper carte de visite

Gift of the family of FW Macpherson 2010

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