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Graeme Inson
Kevin Weldon, 1978
Portrait, oil on canvas
Gift of Kevin Weldon 2012
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
Evelyn Kirwan
Kevin Gilbert, 1972
Portrait, oil on canvas
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2013
Penny Tweedie
Kevin Butler, c. 2000
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2004
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.
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
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
Mary Edwards
Miniature – Self-portrait, c.1915
Portrait, watercolour on ivory
Gift of Ross Wellings in memory of Kevin Wellings and Tom Terry 2026
The Hon. Dr Kevin Rudd
Biography
Nick Young
Pro Hart & Associates, 2004
Portrait, oil on canvas
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2004
John Elliott
Rick Carey, WA, 1998 (printed 2004)
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2005
Ian Jennings
Lee Kernaghan near Broken Hill, 2005
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2008
Peter Brew-Bevan
Julia Gillard, 2013
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Gift of the artist 2013
Penny Tweedie
Dillon Kombumerri, c. 2000
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Gift of the artist 2004
Sue Ford
Discussion between Bob Hawke and Yunupingu, Burunga Festival, Northern Territory, 1988 (printed 2015)
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Purchased 2015
An Australian story
Magazine article by The Hon. Dr Kevin Rudd, 2009
In his speech launching the new National Portrait Gallery building on 3 December 2008, then Prime Minister Kevin Rudd set the Gallery in a national and historical context.