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Herb Wharton, 1994

Purchased 2013

Herb Wharton, Cunnamulla, Qld, 2004

Gift of the artist 2005

Herb Wharton AM

Herb Wharton AM (b. 1936), Kooma Elder, poet and author, was born at Yumba, an Aboriginal camp near the Queensland town of Cunnamulla.

2 portraits in the collection

Herb Elliott, 1992 (printed 2008)

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2008

Herb and Flan, 2018

Gift of the artist 2022

Thomas Sutcliffe Mort and his wife Theresa, c. 1847

Purchased 2001

Herb Elliott AC MBE

James Herbert 'Herb' Elliott AC MBE (b. 1938), runner, won the gold medal in the 1500 metres at the Rome Olympics in 1960.

1 portrait in the collection

Fred Hilmer, 2018

Commissioned with funds provided by Dr Helen Nugent AO 2018

Fred Hilmer AO

Fred Hilmer AO (b. 1945), economic policy and reform strategist, was the chief executive officer of John Fairfax Holdings from 1998 to 2005 and vice- chancellor of the University of New South Wales from 2006 to 2015.

1 portrait in the collection

Thousand mile stare

John Elliott talks about his photographic portrait practice, including his iconic image of Slim Dusty arm-in-arm with Dame Edna Everage.

Fred Hilmer, 2018

Commissioned with funds provided by Dr Helen Nugent AO 2018

Glamour vs grunge

Christopher Chapman examines the battle of glamour vs. grunge which played out in the fashion and advertising of the 1990s.

Naked nostalgia

Penelope Grist reminisces about the halcyon days of a print icon, before the infusion of the internet’s shades of grey.

Thousand Mile Stare

Thousand mile stare provides a unique portrait of people of rural Australia

Christmas Island

This is my last Trumbology before, in a little more than a week from now, I pass to my successor Karen Quinlan the precious baton of the Directorship of the National Portrait Gallery.