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Heather McKay AO MBE
Biography
Heather McKay AO MBE (b. 1941), squash champion, dominated the game worldwide for sixteen years and was the first to be inducted into the Women's International Squash Players Association Hall of Fame.
1 portrait in the collection
Heather McKay, 1980
Ern McQuillan OAM
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Purchased with funds provided by L Gordon Darling AC CMG 2004
Ian McKay, 1984
Greg Weight
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Gift of Patrick Corrigan AM 2004. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Heather McKean
Biography
Joy McKean OAM (b. 1930) and Heather McKean (b. 1932), country music performers, taught themselves to play various instruments and yodel.
1 portrait in the collection
Mel, 2011
by Heather Faulkner
Image
Shirley and the Kookaburras, 2012
by Heather Fernon
Image
McCaughey Street, Turner, 1959, 2012
by Heather Corrigan
Image
Cactus flower
Heather Dinas
Image
Joy and Heather McKean, 1988
Jim Rolon
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2012
Free Range Cousins, 2015
by Jennifer Stocks
Image
Joy McKean OAM
Biography
Joy McKean OAM (1930-2023) and Heather McKean (b. 1932), country music performers, taught themselves to play various instruments and yodel.
1 portrait in the collection
Heather Corrigan
Finalist interviews
The lovely faces in my photograph are that of my best friends. Some I have only known for a couple of months, others for most of my life. For me, recreating a family portrait with individuals I love was supremely important. I was reconstructing a photo of people I cherish with people I adore.
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.
NPPP 2013 learning resource
Learning resource archive
Exploring select works from the NPPP 2012. For secondary students.
Ian Kiernan AO
Biography
Ian Kiernan AO (1940-2018), environmental campaigner, started work as a labourer and became a builder, making a fortune in property investments.
1 portrait in the collection
Headspace 6
Who Am I?
Previous exhibition, 2005
The sixth in the National Portrait Gallery’s series of student exhibitions, will feature 200 portrait artworks, both two and three-dimensional, from secondary school students from across Australia