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Portrait of Bennilong, a Native of New Holland, c. 1810
an unknown artist
Portrait, engraving on paper
Purchased 2014
Portrait of Bennilong, Native of New Holland, c. 1798
an unknown artist
Portrait, engraving on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased with funds provided by Ross A Field 2008
Beau Dean Riley Smith, Wiradjuri and Gamilaraay nations, Bennelong
Jacob Nash
Image
Beau Dean Riley Smith, Wiradjuri and Gamilaraay nations, Bennelong
Jacob Nash
Image
David Collins Esq, 1804
Anthony Cardon after John T. Barber
Portrait, stipple engraving on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2015
Arthur Phillip Esq., Captain General and Commander in Chief in & over the territory of New South Wales, 1789
W Sherwin after Francis Wheatley
Portrait, engraving on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2010
Bidgee Bidgee
Biography
Bidgee Bidgee (c. 1787–c. 1837), a leader of the Burramattagal clan of the Dharug people, joined a number of sealing and whaling voyages to Bass Strait in the early 1800s, and acted as a tracker to an 1816 expedition aimed at quelling attacks against settlers in west and north-west Sydney.
1 portrait in the collection
Some lads #3, 1986 (printed c. 2000)
Tracey Moffatt
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Purchased with funds provided by the Annual Appeal 2024
Matilda (Ngambri/Ngunnawal), 2019
Brenda L Croft
Image
Jacob Nash
Biography
Jacob Nash (born 1982) is a Daly River artist and designer and was Head of Design at Bangarra Dance Theatre between 2010 and 2023, working on over 20 productions.
2 portraits in the collection
Beau D. Smith
Biography
Beau Dean Riley Smith is a Wiradjuri and Gamillaraay man, born in Dubbo.
1 portrait in the collection
Gay Bilson
Biography
Gay Bilson (b. 1944), writer and former restaurateur, trained as a librarian before moving to Sydney from Melbourne with her partner, Tony Bilson, in the early 1970s (the couple were never married, but had two daughters, and Gay has long used Tony's surname).
2 portraits in the collection
John Howard and Janette Howard, 2000
Josonia Palaitis
Portrait, oil on canvas
Commissioned with funds provided by the Founding Patron, L Gordon Darling AC CMG 2000
Y-erran-gou-la-ga, published 1807
Barthélemy Roger after Nicolas-Martin Petit
Portrait, engraving, hand coloured on paper
Purchased with funds provided by Ross A Field 2008
Anders Ousback, 1986 (printed 2018)
Gary Ede
Portrait, inkjet print on paper
Purchased 2018
Oui-re-kine, 1807-1817
Barthélemy Roger after Nicolas-Martin Petit
Portrait, engraving on paper
Purchased 2009