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Chrissy Amphlett

'I was never submissive'

An interview with the iconic Australian rocker Chrissy Amphlett.

Chrissy Amphlett

Chrissy Amphlett

Christina 'Chrissy' Amphlett (1959–2013), singer/songwriter, was best known for her energetic performances as the lead singer of rock band the Divinyls, often in her trademark school uniform and fishnet stockings.

1 portrait in the collection

Chrissy Amphlett

Chrissy Amphlett

Chrissy Amphlett

Chrissy Amphlett "Temperamental", 1989

Portrait, synthetic polymer paint on composition board

Gift of the artist 2001. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

The Divinyls performing on Countdown, n.d. Bob King

The Divinyls performing on Countdown

Chrissy Amphlett, Sydney, c.1988 Stuart Spence

Chrissy Amphlett, Sydney, c.1988

Chrissy Grishin

Chrissy Grishin

Chrissie Grishin (b. 1954), printmaker and painter, exhibits under the name of G W Bot, derived from an eighteenth-century French reference to the wombat as ‘le grand Wam Bot’ and adopted in tribute to the animal with which she has taken as her totem.

1 portrait in the collection

Chrissy Grishin

Chrissy Grishin

Chrissy Grishin

Chrissy Grishin, c. 1996 (printed 2012)

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Portrait, type C photograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased with funds provided by Claudia Hyles 2012

Little Pattie

Patricia T. Thompson OAM

Patricia Thelma Thompson OAM (née Amphlett, b. 1949), better known as Little Pattie, first appeared on Australian television at age thirteen in 1962.

1 portrait in the collection

Little Pattie

Little Pattie

Little Pattie

Little Pattie, 1966 (printed 2019)

Ern McQuillan OAM

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Purchased 2019

Angus Young, AC/DC, LA

Oz Rock

Gettin’ robbed, gettin’ stoned, gettin’ beat up, broken boned

General content

Two of the music industry’s highest-selling performers originated in suburban Australia. The Bee Gees started out in Brisbane, for instance, and AC/DC played their first gigs at a nightclub in inner Sydney.

Untitled #15 (Kylie Minogue performs at Tour of Duty concert at Dili Stadium, East Timor, 21 December 1999)

Oz Elsewhere

Get me outta here

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While the blues-inspired hard guitar riffs of Australian pub rock were shaping tastes, a number of artists were developing music primed for success on the international stage.

Gordon Darling Hall

Portrait of the Gallery

Magazine article by Graeme Dix, 2016

A design diary retrospective.

David Marr, 2011 by Nicholas Harding

Nicholas Harding: 28 Portraits

Exhibition essay

General content

Sarah Engledow looks at three decades of Nicholas Harding's portraiture.

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