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The importance of being bearded
Magazine article by Joanna Gilmour, 2012
Joanna Gilmour discovers that the beards of the ill-fated explorers Burke and Wills were as epic as their expedition to traverse Australia from south to north.
Portrait 49
Winter 2015
Magazine
This issue features Jude Rae, Arthur Boyd, Darren McDonald, John Singer Sargent, Tom Wills the 'inventor' of Australian Rules Football and more.
Golden boy
Magazine article by Dr Christopher Chapman, 2010
Dr Christopher Chapman examines Scott Redford's photographic portrait of Australian surfer David 'Rasta' Rastovich.
I'm not there
Magazine article by Dr Christopher Chapman, 2008
Christopher Chapman looks at some contemporary portraits that explore the construction of identity. 
My Favourite Australian
Magazine article by Christine Clark, 2009
The Australian public was invited in 2008 to vote for their favourite Australian. After the votes were tallied an exhibition of the top-ten Popular Australians and the top-twenty unsung heroes was displayed at the National Portrait Gallery.
Secure the shadow ere the substance fade
Magazine article by Joanna Gilmour, 2015
The tragic tale of Tom Wills, the ‘inventor’ of Australian Rules Football.
Through blue eyes
Magazine article by Dr Sarah Engledow, 2009
Works by Arthur Boyd and Sidney Nolan bring the desert, the misty seashore and the hot Monaro plains to exhibition Open Air: Portraits in the landscape.
The Fairfax Gift
Magazine article by Andrew Sayers AM, 2003
This article examines the portraits gifted to the National Portrait Gallery by Fairfax Holdings in 2003.
Star signs
Magazine article by Barry York, 2018
Barry York charts the course from childhood request to autographed celebrity portrait anthology.
The Final Frontier
Magazine article by Magda Keaney, 2002
Magda Keaney talks with Montalbetti+Campbell about their photographic portrait of Australian astronaut Andy Thomas.
A handful of sand
Magazine article by Ellen Kent, 2007
Ellen Kent examines the portrait of Vincent Lingiari and Prime Minister Gough Whitlam taken by photographer Mervyn Bishop.
In the round
Magazine article by Andrew Sayers AM, 2009
Andrew Sayers outlines the highlights of the National Portrait Gallery's display of portrait sculpture.
Oz and beyond
Magazine article by Diana Warnes, 2007
Martin Sharp fulfils the Pop art idiom of merging art and life.
Agnes enigma
Magazine article by Karen Quinlan AM, 2019
Karen Quinlan considers the case of Agnes Goodsir, whose low profile in Australia belies her overseas acclaim.
Picture this...
Magazine article by Andrew Sayers AM, 2003
This edited version of a speech by Andrew Sayers examines some of the antecedents of the National Portrait Gallery and set out the ideas behind the modern Gallery and its collection.
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.