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Eleni and the bookshop
Tracy Ponich
Image
The Boys Next Door, 1978
Michel Lawrence
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 1999
Alan Bishop Stretton AO OBE LLB
Biography
Alan Bishop Stretton AO OBE LLB (1922-2012) enlisted in the Australian Army in 1940 as a private and retired as a Major-General in 1978 being one of the few Australian generals to rise from the ranks.
1 portrait in the collection
Pub Rock
Your backstage pass to 70s and 80s sounds and scenes
Previous exhibition, 2020
Celebrate the people, places and sounds of Australian pub rock and its enduring impact on our nation’s identity.
Stan Coster
Biography
Stan Coster (1930-1997) was one of Australian country music's greatest songwriters.
1 portrait in the collection
Major General Alan Stretton, 1987
Gwendolene Pratt
Portrait, oil on canvas laid on composition board
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the Stretton family 1999
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program
Stan Coster, Manilla, NSW, 1994 (printed 2004)
John Elliott
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2005
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
Franchesca Cubillo
Biography
Franchesca Cubillo is a Yanuwa, Larrakia, Bardi and Wardaman woman from the Northern Territory with more than 30 years' experience in the museum and art gallery sector.
1 portrait in the collection
Mervyn Bishop
Biography
Mervyn Bishop (b. 1945), a Murri photographer, began a cadetship with the Sydney Morning Herald in 1963.
6 portraits in the collection
Franchesca Cubillo, c. 2000
Penny Tweedie
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Gift of the artist 2004
Russell Page
Biography
Russell Page (1968–2002), choreographer, dancer and actor, was from the Nunukul (Noonuccal) people and the Munaldjali clan of the Yugambeh people of south-east Queensland.
5 portraits in the collection
doppelgänger
Previous exhibition, 2009
doppelgänger is the second in a series of virtual exhibitions held by the National Portrait Gallery that explore contemporary notions of portraiture in the online environment.
Alluring Performance Brings Gallery to Life
5 April 2019
Archived media releases 2019
See the Gallery through a different lens and experience the portraits with a unique sensorial performance of movement, voice and live sound.
Some prime ministers
General content
Sarah Engledow explores the history of the prime ministers and artists featured in the exhibition.