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Ellie Cole

Ellie Cole on the freedom of the pool and being photographed by Peter Brew-Bevan.

Ellie Cole

Recorded 2021

Portrait Story

For me, swimming was particularly special because it was the only sport that I could participate in as a kid where I could take my prosthetic leg off, jump in the water, and I could be the same as all the other kids.

Ellie Cole, 2016 (printed 2021)

Purchased with funds provided by the Annual Appeal for Contemporary Australian Photography 2021

kith and kin

Ellie Buttrose reveals the web of connection behind Kamilaroi/Bigambul artist Archie Moore’s kith and kin, which won the Golden Lion award at the Venice Biennale 2024.

Nothing to hide, 2006

Australian Aboriginal Cricketers, 1867

Purchased with funds provided by L Gordon Darling AC CMG 2009

2021 Annual Appeal

In 2021 the Annual Appeal was focussed on Peter Brew-Bevan's portraits of athletes Turia Pitt, Leisel Jones OAM and Ellie Cole OAM.

Herbert Cole 'Nugget' Coombs, n.d.

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Mrs Lily Kahan 2017
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program

Herbert Cole 'Nugget' Coombs, early 1970s

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Mrs Lily Kahan 2017
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program

Portrait 71

Ryan Presley about portraiture, Emma Kindred on the career of Joan Ross, Ellie Buttrose looks at Archie Moore’s kith and kin, and Joanna Gilmour steps into the world of Julie Rrap.

Classroom connections

Join Gallery educators Marina Neilson and Ellie Brotchie for a half-day teacher professional learning focused on creating connection and community in the classroom while developing students’ critical and creative thinking skills.

Forough Yavari

This work is Serenity, it's actually it's part of a series, Salvation that I've been working the past couple of years. And for this project I'm inspired by Langston Hughes.

Presence and Absence

This exhibition focuses on exploring national and communal identity through sculptural production in Australia, from the early decades of settlement through to the present day

Don Burrows at work, 1998

Purchased with funds provided by Patrick Corrigan 2000

Head of H.C. Coombs, c. 1972 (cast 2018)

Purchased 2018

Mrs Cameron and the V&A

In March 2003 Magda Keaney travelled to London to join the photography section of the Victoria & Albert Museum for three months.

The Obama effect

Kim Sajet reflects on two portraits with a power that extends beyond gallery walls.

2015-17 Acquisition Fund

From 2015 to 2017 the Acquisition Fund was focussed on Reg Richardson AM by Mitch Cairns, a finalist in the Archibald Prize 2014, and a great example of minimalist portraiture.

The aviatrix

Joanna Gilmour explores the extraordinary life of Australian female aviator Nancy Bird Walton AO OBE

Queen Victoria, 1901

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2018

Strutt your stuff

Matthew Jones on the upshot of a St Kilda Road outrage.

Pre-Raphaelite Profile

In 2006 the National Portrait Gallery acquired a splendid portrait of Victoria's first governor, Lieutenant Governor Charles Joseph La Trobe by Thomas Woolner.

Uncommon Australians

This exhibition showcases portraits acquired through the generosity of the National Portrait Gallery’s Founding Patrons, L Gordon Darling AC CMG and Marilyn Darling AC.

The stately lotus

I spent much of my summer holiday at D’Omah, on the outskirts of Yogyakarta. Lotus and waterlilies sprout in extraordinary profusion in artful ponds amid palms and deep scarlet ginger flowers.

Paper, boy

Peter Wilmoth’s boy-journalist toolkit for antagonising an Australian political giant.

Risky business

John Zubrzycki lauds the characters of the Australian escapology trade.