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Ron Barassi AM
Biography
Ron Barassi AM (1936‒2023) is among the most celebrated individuals in the history of Australian Rules football.
2 portraits in the collection
Ron Barassi, 1975
Rennie Ellis
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Purchased 2006
Ronald Dale Barassi, 2000
Lewis Miller
Portrait, oil on canvas
Gift of the artist 2007. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
The Barassi
Moustaches
Otherwise known as the ‘Pool Cleaner’ or the ‘Porn Star’ moustache.
Moustaches
Style guide
The Dipper, The Tangles, The Barassi...
Sporting Archibald
Previous exhibition, 2000
Celebrating the focus on sport during 2000, this special exhibition features our national sporting heroes and heroines immortalised on canvas 
Lewis Miller
Biography
Lewis Miller (b. 1959), artist, won the Archibald Prize in 1998 with one of his many portraits of fellow artist Allan Mitelman, and has been a finalist seventeen times.
4 portraits in the collection
Portrait of Jerry Ellis, 1999
Lewis Miller
Portrait, oil on Belgian linen
Gift of BHP Billiton 2003. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
The 1950s to the present day
Mo and beard timeline
Certain European leaders (needless to name) had the effect of making certain styles of facial hair decidedly undesirable in the years immediately after World War 2.
Cultural kaleidoscope
Magazine article by Dr Sarah Engledow, 2006
The complex connections between four creative Australians; Patrick White, Sidney Nolan, Robert Helpmann and Peter Sculthorpe.