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Jeff Kennett
Biography
Jeffrey Kennett (b. 1948) was premier of Victoria from 1992 to 1999. He entered politics from a career in advertising, winning the state seat of Burwood for the Liberal Party in 1976.
1 portrait in the collection
Jeff Kennett, 1999
Hugh Stewart
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2002
Jeff Fenech
Biography
Jeff Fenech (born May 28, 1964) in Sydney, Australia, is a former boxer, to whom many Australians refer to as the greatest boxing champion to ever come out of that country-continent.
2 portraits in the collection
Jeff Fenech, 1986
Joe Greenberg
Portrait, watercolour, crayon, coloured pencil, fibre-tipped pen and gouache on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2001
Jeff Carter with his dog Annie Rose at Foxground NSW, 2000 (printed 2017)
Robert McFarlane
Portrait, inkjet print on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2017
Jeff Fenech and trainer, John Lewis, 1986
Graham McCarter
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2011
Portrait of Johnson Pilton Walker, Inside the National Portrait Gallery, Canberra, 25 Hours 31 minutes, 22-23rd of May 2009, 2009 (printed 2010)
Ingvar Kenne
Portrait, type C photographs on paper
Purchased with funds provided by the Circle of Friends 2009
Paul Fitzgerald AM
Biography
Paul Fitzgerald AM, a Melbourne-based artist, made his career as a professional portraitist.
4 portraits in the collection
Exhibition overview
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General content
MDPA judge Jeff Khan, Artistic Director, Performance Space, Sydney.
Joan Kirner
Biography
Joan Kirner AC (1938-2015) was the first female premier of Victoria. Daughter of a fitter and turner and a homemaker, she attended the selective University High School, graduating from the University of Melbourne to teach in state schools.
1 portrait in the collection
Joan Kirner, c. 1990
Rennie Ellis
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2006
Mirror With A Memory
Photographic Portraiture in Australia
Previous exhibition, 2000
This is the first major exhibition to examine photographic portraiture in Australia, from its beginnings in the early 1840s to the present day
Free Range Cousins, 2015
by Jennifer Stocks
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Music for the Soul, 2006
by Rick Carter
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WHO ARE YOU
Australian portraiture
Previous exhibition, 2022
Featuring 130 works across painting, film, photography, screen printing, sculpture, and then some – it explores our inner worlds, outer selves, intimacy, isolation, celebrity and more.
Percy Hobson
Biography
Born in the NSW town of Bourke, Percy Hobson (1943–2022) became Australia's national high-jumping champion in 1962 with a jump of 6 feet 7 inches (2.01 metres).
1 portrait in the collection