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Tom Bass
In their own words
In their own words
Recorded 1965
Tom Bass, 1996
Greg Weight
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Gift of Patrick Corrigan AM 2004. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Nick Seymour
Biography
Nick Seymour (b. 1958), bass guitarist, grew up playing music with his brother and sisters.
2 portraits in the collection
Bidgee Bidgee
Biography
Bidgee Bidgee (c. 1787–c. 1837), a leader of the Burramattagal clan of the Dharug people, joined a number of sealing and whaling voyages to Bass Strait in the early 1800s, and acted as a tracker to an 1816 expedition aimed at quelling attacks against settlers in west and north-west Sydney.
1 portrait in the collection
Moonbird boy, 2009
by Matthew Newton
Image
John Schank
Biography
John Schank (1740–1823), naval officer, joined the Royal Navy at age 17, having served in the merchant service as a boy.
1 portrait in the collection
Captain Matthew Flinders
Biography
Matthew Flinders (1774–1814), was one of the world’s most accomplished navigators.
2 portraits in the collection
Fanny Jane Marlay, c. 1841
an unknown artist
Portrait, watercolour on ivory
Purchased 2013
Oui-re-kine, 1807-1817
Barthélemy Roger after Nicolas-Martin Petit
Portrait, engraving on paper
Purchased 2009
Captain John Lort Stokes, c. 1841
an unknown artist
Portrait, watercolour on ivory
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2013
![Truggernana [Trukanini], a native of southern part of V.D. Land](/files/1/8/5/e/i8535-sl.jpg "Truggernana [Trukanini], a native of southern part of V.D. Land")
![Truggernana [Trukanini], a native of southern part of V.D. Land](/files/1/8/5/e/i8535-ths.jpg "Truggernana [Trukanini], a native of southern part of V.D. Land")
Truggernana [Trukanini], a native of southern part of V.D. Land, 1835
Benjamin Duterrau
Portrait, etching, printed in black ink from one copper plate on paper
Purchased with funds provided by The Ian Potter Foundation 2009
![Woureddy [Wurati], a wild native of Brune Island](/files/8/9/0/b/i8536-sl.jpg "Woureddy [Wurati], a wild native of Brune Island")
![Woureddy [Wurati], a wild native of Brune Island](/files/8/9/0/b/i8536-ths.jpg "Woureddy [Wurati], a wild native of Brune Island")
Woureddy [Wurati], a wild native of Brune Island, 1835
Benjamin Duterrau
Portrait, etching, printed in black ink from one copper plate on paper
Purchased with funds provided by The Ian Potter Foundation 2009
Voyage de Découvertes aux Terres Australes folio atlas (second edition), 1824
Francois Peron, Louis de Freycinet, Nicolas-Martin Petit
Portrait, leather bound volume containing a double-page map of Australia, seven full-page charts, two double-page views, 27 hand-coloured engraving plates and 31 uncoloured engraving plates
Purchased 2017
Edward Henty, late 19th century
an unknown artist
Portrait, oil on canvas
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Tim Clark 2018
Ricky Maynard
Biography
Ricky Maynard (b. 1953) is an Indigenous Tasmanian photographer. He is best known for his Tasmanian photographic essays The Moonbird People (1985–1988) and Portrait of a Distant Land (2005), made while he was living and working on Flinders Island in the Bass Strait.
1 portrait in the collection
Head studies: Preparatory study for 'Nothing's as precious as a hole in the ground', 2001
eX de Medici
Portrait, pencil on paper
Commissioned with funds from the Basil Bressler Bequest 2001