Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2010
Gift of the artist 2001
Gift of the artist 2001
Bob Ellis (1942–2016) was a journalist, columnist, screenwriter, film director, playwright, speechwriter and critic.
Bob Ellis (1942-2016) was a journalist, columnist, screenwriter, film director and playwright.
3 portraits in the collection
John Hillcoat (b. 1960), filmmaker, was born in Brisbane and grew up in Canada, the USA and Europe.
1 portrait in the collection
Purchased with funds provided by the Basil Bressler Bequest 2001
My Favourite Australian is a project developed in collaboration with ABC TV and the people of Australia.
Peter Wilmoth’s boy-journalist toolkit for antagonising an Australian political giant.
The Australian public was invited in 2008 to vote for their favourite Australian. After the votes were tallied an exhibition of the top-ten Popular Australians and the top-twenty unsung heroes was displayed at the National Portrait Gallery.
