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Justin Shoulder
Deborah Kelly
Image
Paul Kelly, c. 1983
William Kelly OAM
Portrait, screenprint on paper
Purchased 2022
The Bushranger Tragedy (from The Australasian Sketcher, 23 November 1878), 1878
an unknown artist, The Australasian Sketcher
Portrait, wood engraving on paper
Purchased 2003
Deborah Paauwe
Biography
Deborah Paauwe (b. 1972), photographer, was born in the USA and came to Adelaide in 1985 after a childhood spent travelling around the world with her missionary parents.
1 portrait in the collection
Deborah Mailman AM
Biography
Deborah Mailman AM (b. 1972), Bidjara and Māori (Ngāti Porou and Te Arawa) actor and singer, is the daughter of Maori and Aboriginal parents who met when her father was touring on the rodeo circuit.
1 portrait in the collection
On the road again
Magazine article by Dr Deborah Hill, 2017
Deborah Hill talks figures with character, as the National Portrait Gallery touring exhibitions program welcomes its millionth visitor.
Deborah Mailman by Evert Ploeg
Portrait story
An interview with artist Evert Ploeg about his portrait of the Australian actor Deborah Mailman.
Deborah Mailman, 1999
Evert Ploeg
Portrait, oil on jute
Purchased 2000
Lady Deborah Vernon Hackett
Biography
Lady Deborah Vernon Hackett (1887–1965) was a mining company director and philanthropist.
1 portrait in the collection
The Secret Life of Deb
Magazine article by Michelle Fracaro, 2003
Australian actress Deborah Mailman is the subject of a unique portrait by Evert Ploeg.
Portrait of Deborah Vernon Hackett, c. 1905
Florence Ada Fuller
Portrait, oil on canvas
Purchased with funds provided by Marilyn Darling AC 2005
Dorland Bray and Deborah Conway, Do-Re-Mi. Sydney c.1985
Stuart Spence
Image
Portrait of Heidi Middleton and Sarah-Jane Clarke (Sass & Bide), 2008
Deborah Paauwe
Portrait, inkjet print on paper
Commissioned with funds provided by Marilyn Darling AC 2008
Dan Kelly
Biography
A police party comprising Sergeant Kennedy and Constables Lonigan, Scanlan and McIntyre was dispatched to capture the Kelly gang in 1878.
1 portrait in the collection
Kelly Dixon
Biography
Kelly Dixon is one of Australia's best-known bush balladeers. His poems have been set to music by some of Australia's leading country music stars - including Slim Dusty, who recorded Kelly's classic "Leave Him Out There in the Longyard." Kelly's verses have been collected in the books From a Drifter's Pen and From Under the Cross.
1 portrait in the collection
Paul Kelly AO
Biography
Paul Kelly AO (b. 1955), singer/songwriter and producer, grew up in Adelaide and made his performing debut in Hobart in 1974.
5 portraits in the collection