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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.

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Bill Reid

Bill Reid

Bill Reid

Bill Reid, 1979

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Gift of the artist 2004. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Lucinda with stung eye, 2016 by Jon Reid

Lucinda with stung eye, 2016

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Elizabeth Reid AO

Elizabeth Reid AO (b. 1942), adviser on women's and public health policy, lived from her teens in Canberra, where she gained a pioneering public service cadetship in 1960.

1 portrait in the collection

Standing in the now and looking to the future, 2020 Laura Reid

Standing in the now and looking to the future

Jianna Georgiou, 2020 Shane Reid

Jianna Georgiou

George Reid paperweight

George Reid paperweight

George Reid paperweight

George Reid paperweight, c. 1910

Portrait, painted cast iron

Purchased 2006

George Reid paperweight

George Reid paperweight

George Reid paperweight

George Reid paperweight, c. 1910

Portrait, painted cast iron

Purchased 2001

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Elizabeth Reid, 1989

Portrait, oil on canvas

Gift of Elizabeth Reid 2019

George Reid paperweight

Sir George Houston Reid GCB GCMG KC

Sir George Houstoun Reid GCB GCMG KC (1845-1918) was Australian prime minister from August 1904 to July 1905.

3 portraits in the collection

Sir George Reid

Sir George Reid

Sir George Reid

Sir George Reid, c. 1895

Nelson Illingworth

Portrait, cast plaster, painted

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2016

Bill May

Bill May

Bill May (1915-1993), luthier, completed an apprenticeship in cabinetmaking and taught woodwork before founding Mayton Stringed Instruments and Repairs in the early 1940s.

1 portrait in the collection

Bill Henson

'Scale and presence'

Photographer Bill Henson describes creating his three part portrait of Simone Young.

Bill Neidjie

Bill Neidjie OAM

Bill Neidjie OAM (c. 1913-2002), a Gagadju man, was the traditional custodian of the Kakadu area of the Northern Territory and spent most of his childhood in this region.

1 portrait in the collection

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Bill Henson AO

Bill Henson AO was only 19 when his photographs were first exhibited at the National Gallery of Victoria in his home city of Melbourne.

1 portrait in the collection

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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

Bill Hunter

Bill Hunter

Bill Hunter (1940-2011), actor, spent five decades on Australian television and cinema screens.

1 portrait in the collection

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