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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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The Rays, 1970
Raindance Corporation, Frank Gillette, Michael Shamberg, Paul Ryan

Post digital

Magazine article by Tegan Mcauley, 2015

Tegan McAuley looks at the evolution of video portraiture.

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Bill McAuley

Bill McAuley began his career as a photographer for newspapers and magazines in Melbourne in 1969.

9 portraits in the collection

Ray Lawler

Ray Lawler

Ray Lawler

Ray Lawler, 2006 (printed 2010)

Portrait, type C photograph on paper

Purchased 2010

Reg Livermore

Reg Livermore

Reg Livermore

Reg Livermore, 2007 (printed 2010)

Portrait, type C photograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2010

Gough Whitlam

Gough Whitlam

Gough Whitlam

Gough Whitlam, 1975 (printed 2010)

Portrait, type C photograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2010

Howard Arkley

Howard Arkley

Howard Arkley

Howard Arkley, 1998 (printed 2010)

Portrait, type C photograph on paper

Purchased 2010

Peter Brocklehurst

Peter Brocklehurst

Peter Brocklehurst

Peter Brocklehurst, 2005 (printed 2010)

Portrait, type C photograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2010

Malcolm Fraser

Malcolm Fraser

Malcolm Fraser

Malcolm Fraser, 1990 (printed 2010)

Portrait, type C photograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2010

Barry Humphries

Barry Humphries

Barry Humphries

Barry Humphries, 1971 (printed 2010)

Portrait, type C photograph on paper

Purchased 2010

Cathy Freeman

Cathy Freeman

Cathy Freeman

Cathy Freeman, 1994 (printed 2010)

Portrait, type C photograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2010

Archie Roach

Archie Roach

Archie Roach

Archie Roach, 1992 (printed 2010)

Portrait, type C photograph on paper

Purchased 2010

Megan Gale

Glamour vs grunge

Magazine article by Dr Christopher Chapman, 2010

Christopher Chapman examines the battle of glamour vs. grunge which played out in the fashion and advertising of the 1990s.

Bob Hawke

Primed

Some Prime Ministers

Previous exhibition, 2019

Seventeen of Australia’s thirty prime ministers to date are represented in the contrasting sizes, moods and mediums of these portraits.

June Dally-Watkins

2023 Annual Appeal

In 2023 the Annual Appeal was focussed on a work by one of Australia's best loved and most successful portrait painters, Judy Cassab AO CBE, depicting model, entrepreneur and deportment icon, June Dally-Watkins OAM.

The Bare story

General content

Curator, Penny Grist, reveals how this exhibition came to be

Ray Lawler

Diamond Doll

Magazine article by Karen Vickery, 2016

Karen Vickery delights in a thespian thread of the Australian yarn.

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