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Australian Aboriginal Cricketers, 1867
Patrick Dawson
Portrait, albumen silver photograph on original lithograph title sheet
Purchased with funds provided by L Gordon Darling AC CMG 2009
Johnny Day
Biography
‘The Australian Wonder’, Johnny Day (1856–1885), was an undefeated world-champion juvenile walker.
1 portrait in the collection
Johnny O'Keefe
Biography
Johnny O'Keefe (1935-1978) was Australia's first rock 'n' roll star. At a time when radio stations were reluctant to promote local talent, O'Keefe was the first Australian rock performer to have a chart hit with the 1958 song 'Wild One'.
2 portraits in the collection
Johnny Warren OAM MBE
Biography
Johnny Warren OAM MBE (1943-2004), footballer, football administrator and commentator, grew up in southern Sydney where he played his first games of soccer, as his game was then known, for the Botany Methodists.
1 portrait in the collection
Master Johnny Day, Australian Champion Pedestrian, c. 1866
an unknown artist
Portrait, albumen photograph carte de visite
Purchased 2014
Johnny O'Keefe "A little bit louder now...", 1999
Ivan Durrant
Portrait, synthetic polymer paint on board
Commissioned with funds provided by L Gordon Darling AC CMG 1999
Johnny O'Keefe, 1975 (printed 2011)
Lorrie Graham
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2011
Johnny Warren OAM MBE, 2008
Natasha Gadd, Rhys Graham
Portrait, single channel moving image, colour, sound, 2 minutes, 50 seconds
Purchased 2011
Johnny, 2006
by Sean Hobbs
Image
Johnny, 2019
Nic Duncan
Image
John Patten (Johnny Jarrett), 1958 Australian bantamweight boxing champion, 2017
by Tiffany Jane Garvie
Image
Frank Gardiner
Biography
Francis Gardiner (Christie) (1830-c. 1903), bushranger, came to New South Wales with his family as a child.
1 portrait in the collection
My Favourite Australian
Previous exhibition, 2008
My Favourite Australian is a project developed in collaboration with ABC TV and the people of Australia.
John Bulunbulun
Biography
Johnny Bulunbulun (1946-2010), Ganalbingu (Yolgnu) painter and printmaker, grew up on the island of Milingimbi and in Bulman in southern Arnhem Land.
1 portrait in the collection
Rachel Griffiths AM
Biography
Rachel Griffiths (b. 1968) studied education at Victoria College before working with the community theatre group Woolly Jumpers, Inc.
1 portrait in the collection
David Malangi Daymirringu
Biography
David Malangi Daymirringu (1927-1999), Manharrngu, bark painter, printer and designer, was born at Mulanga, near the mouth of the Glyde River, just before Christian missionaries arrived on the nearby island of Milingimbi.
1 portrait in the collection