Gift of Alice Giles AM, in memory of her mother Rosemary Madigan 2023
Ernest Giles (1835-1897), explorer, came to Australia at the age of fifteen, settling in Adelaide.
1 portrait in the collection
Polly Borland talks to Oliver Giles about the celebrity portraits that made her name and why she’s now making more abstract art.
Gift of the artists 2005
Alice Simpson, née Want was one of nine children of Randolph and Harriette Want, who married in Sydney in 1839.
1 portrait in the collection
Victorian-born Alice Mills was one of a significant number of women photographers in business between 1900 and 1920.
1 portrait in the collection
Purchased 2010
Alice Marshall Moyle AM (1908-2005) had a distinguished career in ethnomusicology renowned for her pioneering work in the field of Australian Aboriginal musical studies.
1 portrait in the collection
Gift of Gerard Vaughan 2001
Gift of the Simpson family in memory of Caroline Simpson OAM 2008. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2020
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Carolyn and Peter Lowry 1999
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2005
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2005
Purchased 2003