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The National Portrait Gallery acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of Country throughout Australia and recognises the continuing connection to lands, waters and communities. We pay our respect to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures and to Elders both past and present.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are warned that this website contains images of deceased persons.

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Sir Roland Hibbert Cross

Sir Roland Hibbert Cross

Sir Roland Hibbert Cross

Sir Roland Hibbert Cross, 1943-1944

Charles Wheeler

Portrait, coloured chalk on artist board

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2019

Self portrait in green hues

Roland Wakelin

Roland Wakelin was born in New Zealand and studied at the RAS school in Sydney under Dattilo Rubbo from 1912 to 1914.

1 portrait in the collection

Self portrait in green hues

Roland Wakelin

In their own words

In their own words

Recorded 1961 or 1962

Self portrait in green hues

Self portrait in green hues

Self portrait in green hues

Self portrait in green hues, c. 1962

Portrait, oil on composition board

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Philip Bacon AM 2001
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program

Old growth/New growth, 2023 Dean Cross

Old growth/New growth

1/2 length self portrait in mirror, wearing pyjama shirt, camera at shoulder height, 1979 Carol Jerrems

Great Experimentations

Magazine article by Rebecca Harkins-Cross, 2025

Rebecca Harkins-Cross considers Carol Jerrems’ portraiture against the backdrop of social change in the 1970s.

Carlotta, Kings Cross (Les Girls)

Carlotta, Kings Cross (Les Girls)

Carlotta, Kings Cross (Les Girls)

Carlotta, Kings Cross (Les Girls), 1970-1971

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Purchased 2006

The Bee Gees, Kings Cross

The Bee Gees, Kings Cross

The Bee Gees, Kings Cross

The Bee Gees, Kings Cross, 1970-1971

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph, selenium toned on paper

Purchased 2021

Geoffrey Roland Robertson

Geoffrey Roland Robertson

Geoffrey Roland Robertson

Geoffrey Roland Robertson, 1999 (printed 2022)

Portrait, type C photograph on paper

Purchased 2022

Cross-cultural wedding, 2019 John Benavente

Cross-cultural wedding

Boy with surfboard cross: David Rastovich

Boy with surfboard cross: David Rastovich

Boy with surfboard cross: David Rastovich

Boy with surfboard cross: David Rastovich, 1999 (printed 2005)

Portrait, offset lithograph on paper

Gift of the artist 2009. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Lowitja O'Donoghue

Awesome Achievers

A cross-curriculum learning resource

Learning resource archive

What makes someone awesome? And how does a portrait tell a person's story? Bring your students up close and personal with some great Australians. For upper primary school students.

Rosaleen Norton, Witch of Kings Cross

Rosaleen Norton, Witch of Kings Cross

Rosaleen Norton, Witch of Kings Cross

Rosaleen Norton, Witch of Kings Cross, 1970-1971

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2006

Charles Kingsford Smith and crew of the Southern Cross before the east-west crossing of the Atlantic, June 1930

Charles Kingsford Smith and crew of the Southern Cross before the east-west crossing of the Atlantic, June 1930

Charles Kingsford Smith and crew of the Southern Cross before the east-west crossing of the Atlantic, June 1930

Charles Kingsford Smith and crew of the Southern Cross before the east-west crossing of the Atlantic, June 1930, 1930

International News Photos Inc

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Purchased 2019

Rosaleen Norton, Witch of Kings Cross

Aussies All

Magazine article by Dr Sarah Engledow, 2006

Rennie Ellis photographs the self-proclaimed 'Witch of Kings Cross'.

Roi de Mestre (Roy de Maistre)

Roy de Maistre CBE

Roy de Maistre (Roi (Leroy) de Mestre) CBE (1894-1968), painter, studied music at the Sydney Conservatorium, but was also a student at the RAS School with Dattilo Rubbo and later the Sydney Art School with Julian Ashton.

1 portrait in the collection

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