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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.

Kevin Connor
Kevin Connor
Kevin Connor
Greg Weight

Kevin Connor, 1991

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Gift of Patrick Corrigan AM 2004. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Kevin Weldon
Kevin Weldon
Kevin Weldon
Graeme Inson

Kevin Weldon, 1978

Portrait, oil on canvas

Gift of Kevin Weldon 2012

Portrait of Kathleen O'Connor
Portrait of Kathleen O'Connor
Portrait of Kathleen O'Connor
Richard Woldendorp AM

Portrait of Kathleen O'Connor, 1966 (printed 2017)

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Gift of Richard Woldendorp AM 2017

Kevin Butler
Kevin Butler
Kevin Butler
Penny Tweedie

Kevin Butler, c. 2000

Portrait, type C photograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2004

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Evelyn Kirwan

Kevin Gilbert, 1972

Portrait, oil on canvas

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2013

Kevin Gilbert and Joe in discussion outside Anti-Bicentennial and Treaty Meeting Balmain Town Hall, Sydney
Kevin Gilbert and Joe in discussion outside Anti-Bicentennial and Treaty Meeting Balmain Town Hall, Sydney
Kevin Gilbert and Joe in discussion outside Anti-Bicentennial and Treaty Meeting Balmain Town Hall, Sydney
Juno Gemes

Kevin Gilbert and Joe in discussion outside Anti-Bicentennial and Treaty Meeting Balmain Town Hall, Sydney, 1987

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Gift of the artist 2010

First High Court of Australia
First High Court of Australia
First High Court of Australia
an unknown artist

First High Court of Australia, c. 1903

Portrait, albumen silver photograph

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2011

First High Court of Australia

Richard Edward O'Connor

Biography

Richard Edward O'Connor (1851-1912), barrister and judge, was raised and educated in Sydney.

1 portrait in the collection

Kevin Gilbert and Joe in discussion outside Anti-Bicentennial and Treaty Meeting Balmain Town Hall, Sydney

Kevin Gilbert

Biography

Kevin Gilbert (1933-1993), Indigenous activist, writer and artist, wrote the first play by an Aboriginal person to be publicly performed in Australia.

2 portraits in the collection

Kevin Weldon

Kevin Weldon AM

Biography

Kevin Weldon (1933-2023), businessman and philanthropist, spent his early years in Ingham in far north Queensland, where his father ran a car dealership.

1 portrait in the collection

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Mary Edwards

Miniature – Self-portrait, c.1915

Portrait, watercolour on ivory

Gift of Ross Wellings in memory of Kevin Wellings and Tom Terry 2026

image not online

The Hon. Dr Kevin Rudd

Biography
H. Searle Professional Champion Sculler of the World (Henry Searle)
H. Searle Professional Champion Sculler of the World (Henry Searle)
H. Searle Professional Champion Sculler of the World (Henry Searle)
Sir Leslie Ward, Vincent Brooks, Day & Son, Vanity Fair Magazine

H. Searle Professional Champion Sculler of the World (Henry Searle), 1889

Portrait, chromolithograph on paper

Purchased 2014

Dame Jean Macnamara
Dame Jean Macnamara
Dame Jean Macnamara
Donovan

Dame Jean Macnamara, c. 1930

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Gift of Merran Samuel (nee Connor) 2004. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Pro Hart & Associates
Pro Hart & Associates
Pro Hart & Associates
Nick Young

Pro Hart & Associates, 2004

Portrait, oil on canvas

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2004

Rick Carey, WA
Rick Carey, WA
Rick Carey, WA
John Elliott

Rick Carey, WA, 1998 (printed 2004)

Portrait, type C photograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2005

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