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Ellie Cole on the freedom of the pool and being photographed by Peter Brew-Bevan.
Ellie Cole AM (b. 1991), swimming champion, is Australia's most decorated female Paralympian.
1 portrait in the collection
Recorded 2021
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.
Purchased with funds provided by the Annual Appeal for Contemporary Australian Photography 2021
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.
Purchased with funds provided by L Gordon Darling AC CMG 2009
In 2021 the Annual Appeal was focussed on Peter Brew-Bevan's portraits of athletes Turia Pitt, Leisel Jones OAM and Ellie Cole OAM.
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Mrs Lily Kahan 2017
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Mrs Lily Kahan 2017
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program
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.
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.
Herbert Cole ('Nugget') Coombs (1906–1997) was the governor of the Commonwealth (later Reserve) Bank of Australia from 1949 to 1968.
3 portraits in the collection
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.
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 AO MBE (1928-2020) is Australia’s best–known jazz musician.
2 portraits in the collection
Purchased with funds provided by Patrick Corrigan 2000
Purchased 2018
In March 2003 Magda Keaney travelled to London to join the photography section of the Victoria & Albert Museum for three months.
Kim Sajet reflects on two portraits with a power that extends beyond gallery walls.
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.
Joanna Gilmour explores the extraordinary life of Australian female aviator Nancy Bird Walton AO OBE
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2018
Matthew Jones on the upshot of a St Kilda Road outrage.
In 2006 the National Portrait Gallery acquired a splendid portrait of Victoria's first governor, Lieutenant Governor Charles Joseph La Trobe by Thomas Woolner.
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.
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.
Peter Wilmoth’s boy-journalist toolkit for antagonising an Australian political giant.
John Zubrzycki lauds the characters of the Australian escapology trade.