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Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth (the Queen Mother)
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth (the Queen Mother)
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth (the Queen Mother)

Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth (the Queen Mother), 1943-1944

Charles Wheeler
Portrait, coloured chalk on artist board

Purchased 2019

Potters' Portrait Pot

Of human clay

Magazine article by Michael Desmond, 2009

The first collaborative commission has arrived. It's a self portrait, it's ceramic and it's from Hermannsburg.
The blue of the dawn, 2009 by Vittoria Dussoni

The blue of the dawn, 2009

by Vittoria Dussoni
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To Bare all, 2012 by Nicholas Duell

To Bare all, 2012

by Nicholas Duell
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Kill them with kindness, 2006 by Alex Kershaw

Kill them with kindness, 2006

by Alex Kershaw
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Dawn Fraser

Out of the blocks

Early sporting fame
General content

Dawn Fraser, Lionel Rose, Shane Gould and Cathy Freeman
Nikki – Yurrkan Mantangka Ngargnyi – coll 1 (Nikki – young woman on Country), 2022 Martine Perret

Nikki – Yurrkan Mantangka Ngargnyi – coll 1 (Nikki – young woman on Country)

Martine Perret
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Hugs on hold, 2020 Sandy Scheltema

Hugs on hold

Sandy Scheltema
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We were cold, 2019 Ben Mcnamara

We were cold, 2019

Ben Mcnamara
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EVA, 2015 by Stephanie Simcox

EVA, 2015

by Stephanie Simcox
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image not online

Weng-Ho Chong

Biography

Chong Weng-Ho, born in Malaysia, is a Melbourne-based graphic designer.

1 portrait in the collection

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Shane Gould

Biography

Born the year that Dawn Fraser won her first Olympic Gold medal, Shane Gould (b.1956) in her very brief international career, became one of the world’s greatest female swimmers.

Self portrait, Cyprus
Self portrait, Cyprus
Self portrait, Cyprus

Self portrait, Cyprus, 1953

David Potts
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Purchased 2001

Heidi Margocsy

Heidi Margocsy

Vox pops

Perrin is an amazing amazing woman, and what I wanted to do with this particular sitting was create something raw and stripped back.
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Lyall Trindall

Biography

Gordon Lyall Trindall (1886–1965), painter, gave up his Marrickville barbering business at the age of 26 to become an artist.

1 portrait in the collection

Rachel Ward and Bryan Brown (detail), 2006 (printed 2020) © Peter Brew-Bevan

Australian Love stories

Family, friends, fanatics and foes (and everything in between!)
Previous exhibition, 2021

Reconnect and reflect with our new major exhibition, Australian Love Stories (in real life!) as we explore love, affection and connection in all its guises.
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