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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.

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Sir Warwick Fairfax

Sir Warwick Oswald Fairfax

Sir Warwick Oswald Fairfax (1901-1987), grandson of Sarah and James Fairfax, was the only son of Sir James Fairfax, who had become a partner in the company in the 1880s.

1 portrait in the collection

Sir Warwick Fairfax

Sir Warwick Fairfax

Sir Warwick Fairfax

Sir Warwick Fairfax, 1981

Portrait, oil on canvas

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of John Fairfax Holdings Ltd 2002
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program

Warwick Thornton

Warwick Thornton

Warwick Thornton (b. 1970) is a Kaytetye man, writer, director and cinematographer.

2 portraits in the collection

Junior Maggie, 2009 by Warwick Baker

Junior Maggie, 2009

by Warwick Baker

Hugh 2015, by Warwick Baker

Warwick Baker

General content

The photographs in Tough and tender by Warwick Baker reveal intimate connections and moments of closeness.

Warwick Thornton

Warwick Thornton

Warwick Thornton

Warwick Thornton, 2019 (printed 2022)

Susan Stitt ACS

Portrait, inkjet print on paper

Gift of the artist 2022

Paul Kelly

Paul Kelly

Paul Kelly

Paul Kelly, 2013

Warwick Thornton

Portrait, single channel moving image, colour, sound, 8 minutes 54 seconds

Commissioned with funds provided by Ian Darling 2013

Self-nature is subtle and mysterious - Tree Woman / Woman Tree

Self-nature is subtle and mysterious - Tree Woman / Woman Tree

Self-nature is subtle and mysterious - Tree Woman / Woman Tree

Self-nature is subtle and mysterious - Tree Woman / Woman Tree, 2023

Nell, Warwick Edgington, Annette Blair and Belinda Toll, Canberra Glassworks, Crawfords Casting, Eveleigh Works

Portrait, bronze, patinas, stainless steel, hand blown glass

Purchased with funds provided by the Portrait Dinner Series 2023

Self-nature is subtle and mysterious - Tree Woman / Woman Tree, 2023 Nell, Warwick Edgington (Studio Assistant) , Annette Blair and Belinda Toll, Canberra Glassworks (Glass) , Crawfords Casting (Bronze) , Eveleigh Works (Steel)

Self-nature is subtle and mysterious - Tree Woman / Woman Tree

Nell, Warwick Edgington (Studio Assistant) , Annette Blair and Belinda Toll, Canberra Glassworks (Glass) , Crawfords Casting (Bronze) , Eveleigh Works (Steel)

Tim Fairfax AC

Tim Fairfax AC

Tim Fairfax AC (b.1946), company director, grazier and philanthropist, is a founding benefactor of the National Portrait Gallery and a former chair of its board of directors.

1 portrait in the collection

Drawing and art activities on a wooden table

Art Cart: In Bloom

Event, Daily from Saturday 1 November

Drop into the Gallery for free creative activities inspired by our In Bloom exhibition.

James Oswald Fairfax

James Fairfax AO

James Oswald Fairfax AC (1933-2017) was the eldest son of Sir Warwick Fairfax.

1 portrait in the collection

Portrait of Mrs Fairfax

Elizabeth Fairfax

Elizabeth Fairfax (née Jesson, 1778–1861), colonial free settler, was born in Birmingham and around 1800 married William Fairfax, whose family had previously held estates in Barford, Warwickshire.

1 portrait in the collection

John Fairfax

Hon. John Fairfax MLC

John Fairfax (1805-1877) was a newspaper publisher whose purchase of the Sydney Morning Herald in 1841 began a family association with the paper that would last for over five generations and nearly 150 years.

3 portraits in the collection

Emily Fairfax

Emily Fairfax

Emily Ross (née Fairfax) (1832-1871) was the eldest child of newspaper publisher John Fairfax - who founded the Fairfax news dynasty in Sydney in 1841 - and his wife Sarah.

1 portrait in the collection

Portrait of Mrs Sarah Fairfax

Sarah Fairfax

Sarah Reading (1808-1875) came to Sydney from England in 1838 with her husband, John Fairfax (1805-1877), who had left school at the age of twelve and been apprenticed to a printer and bookseller.

1 portrait in the collection

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