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Lindy Morrison joined The Go-Betweens as drummer in 1980. After the band split up in early 1990, she teamed up with another ex Go-Between, Amanda Brown, in a group called Cleopatra Wong.

1 portrait in the collection

Lindy Morrison

In their own words

Recorded 2021

Lindy (No. 2 of Robert, Lindy, Grant)

Jenny Watson

Portrait, oil on canvas board (triptych)

Robert, Lindy, Grant, 1981

Jenny Watson

Purchased 2002

Face the music

Magazine article by Christine Clark, 2005

Drawn from the Gallery's collection, the exhibition Face the Music explores the remarkable talents and achievements of Australian musicians, composers, conductors and celebrities associated with the music industry.

Hedda Morrison, 1941 (printed 2004)

Alastair Morrison

Portrait, type C photograph from an original negative on paper

Gift of the artist 2004

Lindy Lee AO

Lindy Lee AO (b. 1954) is one of Australia's foremost contemporary artists.

2 portraits in the collection

Lindy Lee, 1995

Greg Weight

Gift of Patrick Corrigan AM 2004. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Lindy Lee, 2003

Greg Weight

Gift of Patrick Corrigan AM 2004. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Lindy Lee - Birth and Death, 2006

by Robert Scott-Mitchell

Hedda Morrison

Hedda Morrison (1908-1991) was born Hedda Hammer in Stuttgart, Germany where she acquired her first Box Brownie at the age of 11.

1 portrait in the collection

James Morrison

James Morrison (b. 1962), known internationally as a jazz recording artist, composer and flamboyant virtuoso performer, started to play the cornet at the age of seven.

1 portrait in the collection

Empowerment, 2013

by Tamika Morrison

Portrait, oil and hand-stitching on canvas

James Morrison with flugelhorn, 1994

Kerrie Lester

Purchased 1999. Courtesy of the Corrigan family and Stuart Purves.

Music for the Soul, 2006

by Rick Carter

Portrait, inkjet print on paper

David Morrison, 2016

Peter Brew-Bevan

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2017

Potters' Portrait Pot, 2009

Hermannsburg Potters, Irene Mbitjana Entata, Virginia Mbitjana Rontji, Lindy Panangka Rontji, Rahel Kngwarria Ungwanaka, Rona Panangka Rubuntja, Dawn Ngala Wheeler, Judith Pungarta Inkamala, Anita Ratara Mbitjana, Hayley Panangka Coulthard, Clara Ngala Inkamala

Portrait, fired terracotta clay, underglaze

Commissioned 2009

Hermannsburg Potters, 1999

Greg Weight

Rock Chick: Lindy Morrison, 12th March 2021

Gift of Patrick Corrigan AM 2004. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

In Conversation

Recorded virtual programs

Lindy Morrison has played in her share of bands over the years. From jazz to pop to punk, she’s been an ever-present force in Australian music.

Immediately, there was a crackle

It's Complicated

A meeting of minds

Photography is the most pervasive and popular medium for portraiture and makes a natural fit with the Gallery, being a natural extension of the Gallery's longstanding commitment to photography as a contemporary portrait medium.

Prime minister, 2018

Mike Bowers

Esther Erlich

First broadcast on Saturday 31 July

Esther Erlich (b. 1955), a Melbourne-based painter, has been exhibiting since the early 1980s, often with the Libby Edwards Galleries in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane and the Barry Newton Gallery in Adelaide.

3 portraits in the collection

Panel discussion

General content

A dynamic panel discussion that interrogates some of the themes revealed in Living Memory.

Nathan Kelly

Nathan Kelly (b. 1976), photographer, studied fine arts at the Sydney College of the Arts at the University of Sydney before being named as one of Australia’s top 30 photography graduates by Australian Commercial Photography magazine.

3 portraits in the collection

Sylvia Breamer

Sylvia Bremer (also Breamer) (1897–1943), actor, was born in Double Bay, Sydney, in June 1897 into a British-Australian naval family.

2 portraits in the collection

Sylvia Breamer, c. 1920

Witzel Studios

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2017

Sylvia Breamer, c. 1917-1919

an unknown artist

Archived media releases 2021

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2017

New Chair of the National Portrait Gallery of Australia Board

5 November 2021

The Morrison Government has appointed Mrs Penny Fowler as Chair of the Board of the National Portrait Gallery of Australia (NPGA) for a 3 year term, commencing on 1 January 2022.

Miranda Otto, 1997

Montalbetti + Campbell

Portrait, direct positive colour photograph on paper

Gift of the artists 2003

Miranda Otto, 1997

Montalbetti + Campbell

Portrait, direct positive colour photograph

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artists 2003

Miranda Otto, 1997

Montalbetti + Campbell

Portrait, direct positive colour photograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artists 2003

Chester Porter QC