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Lorrie Graham
Shirley Hazzard, 1980 (printed 2011)
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2011
Shirley Hazzard
Biography
Shirley Hazzard (1931-2016) writer, spent her childhood in Sydney but left with her parents at the age of sixteen for South East Asia and New Zealand.
1 portrait in the collection
Juno Gemes
Mum Shirl (Mrs Shirley Smith), 1988
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Gift of the artist 2004. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
![A Police Magistrate [Evelyn Pitfield Shirley Sturt]](/files/d/4/8/0/i13476-sl.jpg "A Police Magistrate [Evelyn Pitfield Shirley Sturt]")
![A Police Magistrate [Evelyn Pitfield Shirley Sturt]](/files/d/4/8/0/i13476-ths.jpg "A Police Magistrate [Evelyn Pitfield Shirley Sturt]")
Tom Durkin, The Weekly Times
A Police Magistrate [Evelyn Pitfield Shirley Sturt], 1874
Portrait, lithograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2018
Shirley Purdie
Ngalim-Ngalimbooroo Ngagenybe, 2018
Portrait, natural ochre and pigments on canvas (36 parts)
Purchased 2019
Graeme Inson
Max Meldrum, 1951
Portrait, oil on masonite
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Mrs Shirley Greathead 2009
Shirley Smith AO MBE
Biography
Shirley 'Mum Shirl' Smith AO OBE (1921–1998), humanitarian, was a Wiradjuri woman.
1 portrait in the collection
William Robinson AO
Equestrian self portrait, 2004
Portrait, colour lithograph on paper
Purchased 2022
Shirley Purdie
Biography
Shirley Purdie (b. 1947) is a senior Gija artist at the Warmun Art Centre who has been painting for more than twenty years.
1 portrait in the collection
Esther Erlich
Paul Capsis, 2004
Portrait, oil and synthetic polymer paint on canvas
Gift of the artist 2017
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
Shirley Purdie
Contributing artists
Born: 1947, Gilbun – Mabel Downs Station, WA
Works: Warmun, WA
Presenting… Shirley Purdie’s Ngalim-Ngalimbooroo Ngagenybe
Wednesday 27 May 2020
Archived media releases 2020
The National Portrait Gallery this week launches an online exhibition of Shirley Purdie’s remarkable self-portrait Ngalim-Ngalimbooroo Ngagenybe to coincide with Reconciliation Week.
Find out more about skin names, memories, Ngarranggarni and storytelling
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In Ngalim-Ngalimbooroo Ngagenybe (From my women), Shirley Purdie pays homage to the women in her family, representing herself through collective knowledge, culture and values.
Storytelling
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The fourth row of paintings interweave Ngarranggarni, memories, relationships and Country.
Ngarranggarni
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The third row of paintings come from Ngarranggarni (Dreaming).