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Sandy Scheltema
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Sandy Scheltema
Finalist interviews
An interview with Sandy Scheltema, Finalist in the Living Memory National Photographic Portrait Prize.
Why do painted portraits still matter?
Magazine article by Sandy Nairne, 2006
Lecture by Sandy Nairne, Director, National Portrait Gallery, London, given at the National Portrait Gallery, Canberra on 28 April 2006.
A papal pet encounter
About Face article
In honour of the launch of the Popular Pet Show, Angus recalls a diplomatic incident with an over-excited golden retriever.
'New home new life' Arwin, 2017
by Zia Atahi
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Suzie Petyarre Hunter
Biography
Suzie Petyarre (also spelt Pitjara) Hunter (b. c. 1966), painter, is an Alyawarre woman who lives a traditional life in the bush at Irrultja, Utopia.
1 portrait in the collection
‘Sandy’, Yarra River
Carol Jerrems
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Rarely Everage
The Lives of Barry Humphries
Previous exhibition, 2002
The exhibition begins with Barry's childhood in Camberwell, Melbourne and chronicles his days as a struggling actor in Australia and England, his creation of characters including Barry McKenzie, Dame Edna Everage, Sandy Stone and Sir Les Patterson
Kim, 2006
by Lisa Garland
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Suzie Petyarre, 1994
Greg Weight
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Gift of Patrick Corrigan AM 2004. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
John Dunn
Biography
John Dunn (1802-1894), flour miller and philanthropist, eked out a mean living as a mill manager in England before migrating to South Australia with his wife and son in 1840.
1 portrait in the collection
Rover Thomas
Biography
Rover Thomas (1926-1998), Kukatja-Wangkajunga artist, was born in the Great Sandy Desert of Western Australia and worked as a stockman and fencer before losing his employment upon the introduction of equal pay for indigenous workers in 1975.
1 portrait in the collection
Jarinyanu David Downs, 1986
Martin van der Wal
Portrait, inkjet print on rag paper
Purchased 2005
Barry Humphries, 1971 (printed 2010)
Bill McAuley
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Purchased 2010
Barry Humphries, 1962
Lewis Morley
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Gift of the artist 2003. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Jarinyanu David Downs
Biography
Jarinyanu David Downs (c. 1925–1995), Wangkajunga/Walmajarri painter, printmaker and preacher, lived a traditional life in the Great Sandy Desert of West Australia until he was a young man.
2 portraits in the collection