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Michael Klim
Biography
Michael Klim (b. 1977) rose to superstar status in Australian swimming in 1998 by winning seven medals in seven events at the World Swimming Championships in Perth.
1 portrait in the collection
Michael Klim, 1999
Anderson & Low
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Purchased 2000 with the assistance of staff of Old Parliament House and the National Portrait Gallery in memory of Matthew Guy Hinder (1967-1999)
The Bushranger Tragedy (from The Australasian Sketcher, 23 November 1878), 1878
an unknown artist, The Australasian Sketcher
Portrait, wood engraving on paper
Purchased 2003
Michael Desmond
Biography
Michael Desmond worked at the National Portrait Gallery first as Senior Curator from 2006 to 2011 then as Deputy Director until 2012.
Polly Borland on Michael Hutchence
In their own words
In their own words
Recorded 2017
Michael Riley
Biography
Michael Riley (1960–2004), a Wiradjuri/Kamilaroi photographer, filmmaker and video-artist, was one of Australia's most influential Aboriginal contemporary artists.
15 portraits in the collection
Michael Hutchence
Biography
Michael Hutchence (1969-1997) lead singer of the rock band INXS was widely recognised as a charismatic live performer.
2 portraits in the collection
Michael Anderson
Biography
Michael Anderson, sheep farmer and Aboriginal land rights activist, was born in Brewarrina, NSW.
1 portrait in the collection
Michael Meszaros
Biography
Michael Meszaros has worked full-time as a sculptor for thirty years.
5 portraits in the collection
Michael Chaney AO
Biography
Michael Chaney AO (b. 1950), corporate leader, is Chairman of the National Australia Bank.
1 portrait in the collection
Michael Leunig
Biography
Cartoonist, poet and writer Michael Leunig (1945–2024), referred to as ‘Leunig’, was a regular contributor to The Age and the Sydney Morning Herald for 55 years.
3 portraits in the collection
Michael Boddy
Biography
Michael Boddy (1934–2014), writer and actor, was born in England and educated at Cambridge before arriving in Australia as a 'ten quid migrant' in 1960.
2 portraits in the collection
Michael Zavros
Biography
Michael Zavros (b. 1974) graduated from Queensland College of Art with a Bachelor of Visual Arts in 1996.
2 portraits in the collection
Michael Peck
Biography
Michael Peck, artist and academic, was born in Melbourne in 1977; he was awarded a Bachelor of Fine Art (honours) (Painting) from Monash University and has exhibited in solo and group exhibitions since 1998.
1 portrait in the collection
Michael Milton OAM
Biography
Michael Milton OAM (b. 1973), Paralympic skier, cyclist and triathlete, is Australia's most decorated Winter Paralympian.
1 portrait in the collection
Michael Scanlan
Biography
A police party comprising Sergeant Kennedy and Constables Lonigan, Scanlan and McIntyre was dispatched to capture the Kelly gang in 1878.
1 portrait in the collection