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Hon. Gough Whitlam AC QC
Biography
Edward Gough Whitlam AC QC (1916-2014) was prime minister from the end of 1972 to the end of 1975.
12 portraits in the collection
Nicholas Whitlam
Biography
Nicholas Whitlam is a banker and company director. He has over thirty years experience in all aspects of banking and finance; in recent years he has been active in major corporate re-organizations and reconstructions, in Australia and overseas, and has served as an adviser to Deutsche Bank AG.
1 portrait in the collection
Margaret Whitlam AO
Biography
Margaret Whitlam AO (1919-2012), social worker and writer, was a champion swimmer as a schoolgirl.
2 portraits in the collection
(Margaret Whitlam) by the strength of her skin, 1998
Kim Spooner
Portrait, encaustic on canvas
Gift of the artist 2004. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Nicholas Whitlam, Head of the NSW Rural Bank,
Joe Greenberg
Portrait, watercolour, crayon, coloured pencil, fibre-tipped pen and gouache on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2001
The Hon E.G. Whitlam AC QC, 1980
Graeme Inson
Portrait, oil on canvas laid on masonite
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2002
Gough Whitlam, 1975 (printed 2010)
Bill McAuley
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2010
Margaret Whitlam, 2005
Sahlan Hayes
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2006
Gough Whitlam, n.d.
Louis Kahan AO
Portrait, fibre-tipped pen on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Mrs Lily Kahan 2017
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program
Gough Whitlam, n.d.
Louis Kahan AO
Portrait, fibre-tipped pen on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Mrs Lily Kahan 2017
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program
Gough... maintain the rage!, 1976
Frank Hinder
Portrait, fibre-tipped pen on paper
Gift of Enid Hawkins 2003. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Prime Ministers
About Face article
On the day before the Hon. E. G. Whitlam, AC, QC, died last month, at the great age of 98, there were seven former prime ministers of Australia still living, plus the incumbent Mr. Abbott – eight in all.
Gough Whitlam and Bob Hawke, c. 1976 (printed 2017)
Robert McFarlane
Portrait, inkjet print on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2017
Gough Whitlam, 2005 (printed 2015)
Peter Brew-Bevan
Portrait, inkjet print on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2015
Prime Minister Gough Whitlam pours soil into the hand of traditional land owner Vincent Lingiari, 1975
Mervyn Bishop
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Purchased 2000
Robyn Archer and Gough Whitlam, 1986 (printed 2019)
Neil Duncan
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2019