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Bill Reid, 1979
Juno Gemes
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Gift of the artist 2004. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Lucinda with stung eye, 2016
by Jon Reid
Image
Elizabeth Reid AO
Biography
Elizabeth Reid AO (b. 1942), adviser on women's and public health policy, lived from her teens in Canberra, where she gained a pioneering public service cadetship in 1960.
1 portrait in the collection
Jianna Georgiou
Shane Reid
Image
Jianna Georgiou
Shane Reid
Image
Standing in the now and looking to the future
Laura Reid
Image
Elizabeth Reid, 1989
Jenny Darling
Portrait, oil on canvas
Gift of Elizabeth Reid 2019
Sir George Houston Reid GCB GCMG KC
Biography
Sir George Houstoun Reid GCB GCMG KC (1845-1918) was Australian prime minister from August 1904 to July 1905.
3 portraits in the collection
Sir George Reid, c. 1895
Nelson Illingworth
Portrait, cast plaster, painted
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2016
George Reid paperweight, c. 1910
Farmer and Company Limited
Portrait, painted cast iron
Purchased 2006
George Reid paperweight, c. 1910
Farmer and Company Limited
Portrait, painted cast iron
Purchased 2001
Bill May
Biography
Bill May (1915-1993), luthier, completed an apprenticeship in cabinetmaking and taught woodwork before founding Mayton Stringed Instruments and Repairs in the early 1940s.
1 portrait in the collection
Bill Henson
'Scale and presence'
Portrait story
Photographer Bill Henson describes creating his three part portrait of Simone Young.
Bill Neidjie OAM
Biography
Bill Neidjie OAM (c. 1913-2002), a Gagadju man, was the traditional custodian of the Kakadu area of the Northern Territory and spent most of his childhood in this region.
1 portrait in the collection
Bill Henson AO
Biography
Bill Henson AO was only 19 when his photographs were first exhibited at the National Gallery of Victoria in his home city of Melbourne.
1 portrait in the collection
Bill McAuley
Biography
Bill McAuley began his career as a photographer for newspapers and magazines in Melbourne in 1969.
9 portraits in the collection