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Patrick Dawson
Australian Aboriginal Cricketers, 1867
Portrait, albumen silver photograph on original lithograph title sheet
Purchased with funds provided by L Gordon Darling AC CMG 2009
an unknown artist
Master Johnny Day, Australian Champion Pedestrian, c. 1866
Portrait, albumen photograph carte de visite
Purchased 2014
Ivan Durrant
Johnny O'Keefe "A little bit louder now...", 1999
Portrait, synthetic polymer paint on board
Commissioned with funds provided by L Gordon Darling AC CMG 1999
Lorrie Graham
Johnny O'Keefe, 1975 (printed 2011)
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2011
Natasha Gadd, Rhys Graham
Johnny Warren OAM MBE, 2008
Portrait, single channel moving image, colour, sound, 2 minutes, 50 seconds
Purchased 2011
Power suits
The fit within the frame
Exhibition
Celebrate the fashion icon in a playful display of more than 100 collection works and select loans. Meet significant Australians in their finest from Johnny O’Keefe, Sherbet and Nicole Kidman to influential judges, politicians, entrepreneurs and scientists.
Johnny O'Keefe
Biography
Johnny O'Keefe (1935-1978) was Australia's first rock 'n' roll star. At a time when radio stations were reluctant to promote local talent, O'Keefe was the first Australian rock performer to have a chart hit with the 1958 song 'Wild One'.
2 portraits in the collection
Johnny Day
Biography
‘The Australian Wonder’, Johnny Day (1856–1885), was an undefeated world-champion juvenile walker.
1 portrait in the collection
Johnny Warren OAM MBE
Biography
Johnny Warren OAM MBE (1943-2004), footballer, football administrator and commentator, grew up in southern Sydney where he played his first games of soccer, as his game was then known, for the Botany Methodists.
1 portrait in the collection
John Frith
Jim Ferrier, n.d.
Portrait, cast printer's metal
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the Frith family 2013
Martin van der Wal
David Malangi Daymirringu, 1986
Portrait, inkjet print on rag paper
Purchased 2005
Karin Catt
Rachel Griffiths, 2002 (printed 2004)
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2005
Ern McQuillan OAM
The Delltones, 1964 (printed 2019)
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2019
Angela Tiatia
The Matildas, 2025
Portrait, single channel 4K video, colour, sound, 23 minutes
Commissioned with funds provided by Tim Fairfax AC and the Commonwealth Bank of Australia 2025
Frank Gardiner
Biography
Francis Gardiner (Christie) (1830-c. 1903), bushranger, came to New South Wales with his family as a child.
1 portrait in the collection
John Bulunbulun
Biography
Johnny Bulunbulun (1946-2010), Ganalbingu (Yolgnu) painter and printmaker, grew up on the island of Milingimbi and in Bulman in southern Arnhem Land.
1 portrait in the collection