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Mirka - 9 Collins Street

Wicked but Virtuous

About Face article

Faith Stellmaker shares pioneering artist and restaurateur Mirka Mora’s lasting legacy on Melbourne’s art, dining and culture.

Faith Bandler, study

Faith Bandler AC

Faith Bandler AC (1920–2015), civil rights activist and writer, was born in Tumbulgum, New South Wales, to a Scottish-Indian mother and a cane-worker father from Ambrym Island, in what is now Vanuatu.

2 portraits in the collection

Face of South Sudan, 2012 by Melanie Faith Dove

Face of South Sudan, 2012

by Melanie Faith Dove

Faith Bandler

Faith Bandler

Faith Bandler

Faith Bandler, 2006

Portrait, cast bronze

Purchased 2007

Faith Bandler, study

Faith Bandler, study

Faith Bandler, study

Faith Bandler, study, 2006

Portrait, synthetic polymer paint and charcoal on unstretched canvas

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2019
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program

Triscilla Holborow

Triscilla Holborow

Triscilla Holborow

Triscilla Holborow, c. 2000

Portrait, type C photograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2004

Face of South Sudan, 2012 by Melanie Faith Dove

Melanie Faith Dove

Finalist interviews

I had been watching Agnes with intrigue, her face and profile were so mesmerizing. On our final day together I pulled her aside and convinced her that she had such an amazing face that I needed to get a photograph for myself. It was very spontaneous in that I decided quickly how it would best look and shot it in only two frames.

Jessica Mauboy

Jessica Mauboy

In their own words

In their own words

Recorded 2018

Portrait of Ingvar Kenne, 2012 by Simon Harsent

Finalist interviews

General content

Interviews with NPPP 2013 finalists Melanie Faith Dove, Simon Harsent, Ahmad Sabra, Sharon Zwi, Katherine Bennett, Krystal Seigerman, Arianne McNaught, Janet Tavener, Louise Whelan, Myles Nelson and Heather Corrigan.

Mr and Mrs Horace Keats in the

Christopher Brennan

Christopher Brennan (1870–1932), poet, was born to Irish parents in Sydney.

2 portraits in the collection

Man with two lives, 2021 Caroline Zilinsky

Man with two lives

Caroline Zilinsky

In Leopard Print, 2021 Ayman Kaake

In Leopard Print

Dark Learning (act 9)

by Jacobus Capone

General content

Finalist, MDPA 2015

Kayla, 2017 by Stuart Miller

Kayla, 2017

by Stuart Miller

Sir Charles Kingsford Smith and Captain Charles Ulm

Charles Ulm

Charles Ulm (1898-1934) began work as a clerk in a stockbroking office after he left school, but enlisted under a false identity in the 1st Battalion of the AIF just before his 16th birthday.

2 portraits in the collection

Yhonnie and Indiana, 2012 by Janelle Low

NPPP 2013 learning resource

Learning resource archive

Exploring select works from the NPPP 2012. For secondary students.

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