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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.

Donald Horne

Donald Horne AO

Biography

Donald Horne AO (1921-2005), academic and writer, was for nearly forty years the best-known commentator on the Australian condition.

2 portraits in the collection

Richard Henry Horne

Richard Henry Horne

Biography

Poet Richard Henry Horne (1802–1884) arrived in Melbourne in 1852 hoping to make money on the goldfields but ended up instead in a variety of less remunerative prospects.

1 portrait in the collection

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Nick Mourtzakis

Biography

Nick Mourtzakis (b. 1951) is Melbourne-based artist and teacher. Mourtzajkis migrated to Melbourne with his Greek family in the early 1950s and trained at the Preston Institute of Technology and Mercer House Teachers' College in the early 1970s.

3 portraits in the collection

Mark and Nick Seymour

Nick Seymour

Biography

Nick Seymour (b. 1958), bass guitarist, grew up playing music with his brother and sisters.

2 portraits in the collection

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Nick Sinclair

Biography

Nick Sinclair is an acclaimed English photographer who works extensively in fashion and advertising.

2 portraits in the collection

Nick Enright

Nick Enright AM

Biography

Nick Enright (1950-2003), playwright and screenwriter, attended Sydney University and the New York University School of the Arts before establishing himself as a dramatist with plays such as Summer Rain and Mongrels.

2 portraits in the collection

Nick Cave

Nick Cave AO

Biography

Nick Cave AO (b. 1957), singer, songwriter and author, was born in Warracknabeal, Victoria, and educated at Caulfield Grammar School, where he formed his first band, The Boys Next Door.

7 portraits in the collection

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Nick Young

Biography

Full time professional artist represented by the Woollahra Times Gallery in Sydney and Hart Galleries in Queensland..

1 portrait in the collection

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Bleddyn Butcher

Biography

Bleddyn Butcher was born in London and came to Australia when he was six.

5 portraits in the collection

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Nathan Kelly

Biography

Nathan Kelly (b. 1976), photographer, studied fine arts at the Sydney College of the Arts at the University of Sydney before being named as one of Australia’s top 30 photography graduates by Australian Commercial Photography magazine.

3 portraits in the collection

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Melissa Beowulf

Biography

Melissa Beowulf grew up in Sydney, where she became a graphic artist.

2 portraits in the collection

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Sahlan Hayes

Biography

Born in the United Kingdom, Sahlan Hayes lived with his family in the USA, New Zealand and the United Kingdom before settling in Australia.

9 portraits in the collection

Howard Arkley

Howard Arkley

Biography

Howard Arkley (1951-1999) was born, died, and spent the majority of his life in Melbourne, where he studied at Prahran CAE and Melbourne State College between 1969 and 1973.

3 portraits in the collection

Nick Cave, Susie Bick and Luke Cave

Susie Bick

Biography

Susie Bick (b. 1966) was born in Cheshire, England. Discovered at age fourteen, Bick had modelled for album covers for bands including Roxy Music and The Damned, appeared in advertising campaigns for Christian Dior, Yves Saint Laurent and other fashion houses, and walked the catwalk for Vivienne Westwood and others.

1 portrait in the collection

Robert, Lindy, Grant

Grant McLennan

Biography

Grant McLennan and Robert Forster both sang and wrote songs for The Go-Betweens, and McLennan wrote one of their greatest, 'Cattle and Cane', recalling the rural Queensland environment of his youth.

1 portrait in the collection

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Martin Philbey

Biography

Martin Philbey (b. 1962) is a Melbourne-based photographer who has amassed an archive of 100,000 images over his twenty-year career.

4 portraits in the collection

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