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Don Dunstan AC QC
Biography
Don Dunstan AC QC (1926-1999) was Labor Premier of South Australia from 1967 to 1968 and 1970 to 1979.
2 portraits in the collection
Don Dunstan, 1973-1975 (printed 2005)
Anthony Browell
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2005
Don Dunstan, 1992-1993 (printed 2019)
Robin Sellick
Portrait, inkjet print on paper
Gift of the artist 2019
Dame Roma Mitchell, 1998
Jessica Hromas
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the Hammond Care Group 1999
The Hon. Dame Roma Mitchell AC DBE CVO QC
Biography
The Hon. Dame Roma Mitchell AC DBE CVO QC (1913–2000) was the first Australian woman to be a Queen's Counsel, Supreme Court judge, Acting Chief Justice, Deputy University Chancellor, Chancellor and State Governor.
2 portraits in the collection
David Combe
Biography
David Combe (b.1943) became interested in politics at Adelaide University and was motivated to join the ALP in 1962, partly through his friendship with Don Dunstan.
1 portrait in the collection
David Combe and the portrait, 1983
Keith Looby
Portrait, oil on canvas
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of David Combe 1998
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program
Edmond John Hogan
Biography
Edmond John (Ned) Hogan (1883-1964), farmer and premier, left school early and engaged in road-making, timber-cutting, farm-labouring and rabbiting in addition to farm chores at home.
1 portrait in the collection
Portrait of Dame Roma Mitchell, 1940s
Geoffrey Mainwaring
Portrait, pastel on paper
Gift of friends of Dame Roma Mitchell 2018
Alexander Ramsay
Biography
Alexander Ramsay CBE (1914-1978), public servant, trained and worked as a teacher before gaining his degree at the University of Adelaide in 1941.
1 portrait in the collection
John Allan
Biography
John Allan (1866-1936) was a Deakin shire-councillor for many years and president in 1914-15.
1 portrait in the collection
Clifton Pugh AO
Biography
Clifton Pugh AO was one of Australia’s best-known artists of the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, and one of its leading advocates for the arts.
12 portraits in the collection
Rarely Everage
The Lives of Barry Humphries
Previous exhibition, 2002
The exhibition begins with Barry's childhood in Camberwell, Melbourne and chronicles his days as a struggling actor in Australia and England, his creation of characters including Barry McKenzie, Dame Edna Everage, Sandy Stone and Sir Les Patterson
POL
Portrait of a Generation
Previous exhibition, 2003
POL was a magazine that ran from 1969 to 1986