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Dame Enid Lyons, c. 1943
Justine Kong Sing
Portrait, watercolour and gouache on ivory
Purchased 2016
Marilyn, Marlene and Kelvin Kong, c. 2000
Penny Tweedie
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Gift of the artist 2004
Justine Saunders
Biography
Justine Saunders (1953–2007), actress and woman of the Woppaburra people from the Kanomie clan of Keppel Island, amassed a solid body of work in film, television and theatre.
1 portrait in the collection
Justine Saunders, 1994 (printed 2003)
Juno Gemes
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Gift of the artist 2005. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Marilyn Kong
Biography
Marilyn Kong is a Worimi doctor who grew up in Port Stephens, New South Wales.
1 portrait in the collection
Marlene Kong
Biography
Marlene Kong is a Worimi doctor who grew up in Port Stephens, New South Wales.
1 portrait in the collection
Professor Kelvin Kong AM
Biography
Kelvin Kong AM is a Worimi doctor who grew up in Port Stephens, New South Wales.
1 portrait in the collection
Lowe Kong Meng
Biography
Lowe Kong Meng (1831–1888), merchant, was born and grew up in the British colony of Penang and came to Melbourne in 1853.
1 portrait in the collection
Lowe Kong Meng, 2017
Pamela See
Portrait, papercut silhouette drawing
Purchased 2019
Lowe Kong Meng, c. 1887
Ludwig Lang after Johnstone O'Shannessy & Co
Portrait, tinted lithograph on paper
Purchased 2015
When birds no longer sing
Magazine article by Dr Emma Kindred, 2024
Emma Kindred looks at the career of Joan Ross, whose work subverts colonial imagery and its legacy with the clash of fluorescent yellow.
Little Faces
Event, Selected days until Friday 16 May
Do we have a treat for the smaller humans in your life! Little Faces is for babies and toddlers (with their grown up) to play, sing and have fun discovering a portrait together.
Shane Dye
Biography
Shane Dye (b. 1966), jockey, was born in Matamata, New Zealand, and served his apprenticeship in New Zealand before coming to Australia in 1985.
2 portraits in the collection
Insight and identity
Magazine article by Olivier Krischer, 2016
Olivier Krischer in conversation with photographer Wei Leng Tay.
Stable Scene with Shane Dye, 2000
Noel McKenna
Portrait, oil on canvas
Gift of the artist 2019. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Catherine in black silk gown, 2014
by Chris Budgeon
Image