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Nancy Menetrey
Biography
Nancy Menetrey (née Wilkinson) (1924-2024) was born in Sydney in 1924.
1 portrait in the collection
Noel Fraser Hickey, 1957
Nancy Menetrey
Portrait, oil on canvas
Gift of the artist 2021
Nancy Wake
'The White Mouse'
Portrait story
A portrait story describing the amazing life of World War II resistance fighter, Nancy Wake.
Nancy Wake AC
Biography
Nancy Wake AC (1912–2011) was one of the most-decorated women of the Second World War.
1 portrait in the collection
Nancy Borlase AM
Biography
Nancy Borlase AM (1914–2006), painter and writer, was born in New Zealand, and had to be dug out of the wreckage when an earthquake struck Napier in late 1931.
4 portraits in the collection
Nancy Borlase
In their own words
In their own words
Recorded 1962
Dame Nancy Buttfield DBE
Biography
Dame Nancy Buttfield DBE (1912–2005) was the first South Australian woman member of Federal Parliament.
1 portrait in the collection
Nancy Bird Walton AO OBE
Biography
Nancy Bird Walton AO OBE (1915–2009), aviatrix, decided she wanted to be a pilot when, at age eight, she saw a plane make an emergency landing on a beach near her home.
2 portraits in the collection
Nancy Bird Walton part 1
In their own words
In their own words
Recorded 1977
Nancy Bird Walton part 2
In their own words
In their own words
Recorded 1977
Pat Mackie, 2004
Nancy Borlase AM
Portrait, oil on canvas
Purchased 2004
Nancy Wake - The White Mouse, 2001
Melissa Beowulf
Portrait, oil on canvas
Purchased with funds provided by L Gordon Darling AC CMG 2004
James McClelland, 1946
Nancy Borlase AM
Portrait, oil on composition board
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Gillian Appleton (McClelland) 1999
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program
Nancy Bird Walton - Pioneer, 2003
Danelle Bergstrom
Portrait, oil on canvas
Purchased with funds provided by the Basil Bressler Bequest 2004
Senator Nancy Buttfield, 1958
Sir Ivor Hele
Portrait, oil on masonite
Gift of Senator Dame Nancy Buttfield DBE 2003. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Nancy Bird Walton, c. 1973
Judy Cassab AO CBE
Portrait, oil on canvas
Gift of Nancy Bird Walton AO OBE 2008. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.