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Matt Moran, 2004
Murray Fredericks, Lisa Giles
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Gift of the artists 2005
Ernest Giles
Biography
Ernest Giles (1835-1897), explorer, came to Australia at the age of fifteen, settling in Adelaide.
1 portrait in the collection
Alice Giles, 1984
Rosemary Madigan
Portrait, pastel on paper
Gift of Alice Giles AM, in memory of her mother Rosemary Madigan 2023
In profile
Polly Borland
Magazine article by Oliver Giles, 2023
Polly Borland talks to Oliver Giles about the celebrity portraits that made her name and why she’s now making more abstract art.
The Australian exploring expedition travelling through scrub (from the Illustrated London News 1879), 1876
The Illustrated London News after Jesse Young
Portrait, wood engraving on paper
Purchased 2010
Lisa McCune
'I love working in theatre and film and television'
Portrait story
Lisa McCune on starting out on stage and acting in Blue Heelers.
Lisa Tomasetti
Biography
Lisa Tomasetti (b. 1963) is a Sydney-based photographer and visual artist.
1 portrait in the collection
Lisa McCune
Biography
Lisa McCune (b. 1971) actor, made her stage debut at fifteen in a production of The Wizard of Oz in Perth.
1 portrait in the collection
Lisa McCune
In their own words
In their own words
Recorded 2022
Lisa McCune, 2000 (printed 2012)
Rob Tuckwell
Portrait, inkjet print on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2012
Jason Donovan - Sealed with a Kiss record cover, 2004
Lisa Reid
Portrait, gouache on paper
Purchased 2025
Gaby Kennard, 2020
Lisa Tomasetti
Portrait, archival pigment print on paper
Purchased with funds provided by Joan Connery OAM 2020
Dance like everyone’s watching
About Face article
Penelope Grist’s spirits soar with Lisa Tomasetti’s Dancers in the Streets series.
Wearable Identity: Adornment and Expression with Lisa Hilli
Visual Arts (youth)
Event, Available until 26 November 2026
Join the National Portrait Gallery for an engaging 45 minute On Demand workshop with artist Lisa Hilli. Explore how adorning wearable forms can become powerful acts of storytelling, identity and cultural expression.
2005
Portrait Donors
Portrait 70
Magazine
Kim Leutwyler on her portraits of the LGBTQIA+ community, Oliver Giles chats to Polly Borland, Gunggandji artist Simone Arnol, and Andrew Quilty's new book.