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Aden Ridgeway
Biography
Aden Ridgeway (b. 1962), Aboriginal rights advocate and former politician, was a senator for New South Wales from 1999 to 2005.
3 portraits in the collection
Aden Ridgeway, c. 2000
Penny Tweedie
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2004
Senator Aden Ridgeway, 2003
Juno Gemes
Portrait, inkjet print on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2005
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program
Aden Ridgeway & pallbearers entering Sydney Town Hall, State Funeral for Kwementyaye Perkins AO, 25th October 2000, 2000
Mervyn Bishop
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Purchased 2001
Stephen Ridgeway and Stephen Russell, c. 2000
Penny Tweedie
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2004
Proof
Portraits from The Movement 1978-2003
Previous exhibition, 2003
Portraits from The Movement is the first comprehensive survey of photographs from the Juno Gemes archive, which has supported the Aboriginal struggle for justice in Australia from 1978 to the present day.
Ron Castan AM QC
Biography
Ron Castan AM QC (1939–1999), barrister, played a leading role in some of the most significant Australian litigation involving the rights of Indigenous people.
2 portraits in the collection
Ron Castan AM QC, 1995 (printed 2001)
Kate Gollings
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph, selenium toned on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased with funds provided by Marilyn Darling AC 2001
Justine Saunders
Biography
Justine Saunders (1953–2007), actress and woman of the Woppaburra people from the Kanomie clan of Keppel Island, amassed a solid body of work in film, television and theatre.
1 portrait in the collection
Lady Natasha Johnston
Biography
Natasha Johnston (1914-1984) was born Nataliya Konstantinovna Bagration-Moukhranskya, Princess Natasha Bagration, in Crimea.
1 portrait in the collection
Lady Natasha Johnston, 1968
Cecil Beaton
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Hugo Vickers 2005
Uncommon Australians
The vision of Gordon and Marilyn Darling
Previous exhibition, 2015
This exhibition showcases portraits acquired through the generosity of the National Portrait Gallery’s Founding Patrons, L Gordon Darling AC CMG and Marilyn Darling AC.