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Faith Bandler, 2006

Purchased 2007

Peter Brock, 2000-2001

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased with funds provided by the Basil Bressler Bequest 2001

Julie Mostyn, Flaming Hands, The Cronulla Workers' Club, Sydney, c. 1981

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Julie Gough

Artist, curator and writer Julie Gough, Trawlwoolway through her maternal family, recover and re-presents unsettling and conflicting histories in Lutruwita/Tasmania, where her traditional homeland is Tebrikunna, in the north-east.

Richard Walley OAM honoured in new Portrait Gallery commission

A new commissioned portrait funded by the Gallery’s Foundation will be launched at Murdoch University in Perth tonight, Wednesday 2 September.

Breakfast with bats, 2017

Leura Dowling, c. 1861

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Malcolm Robertson in memory of William Thomas Robertson 2018
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program

New acquisitions

A collection display that showcases some recent major acquisitions including Nell and Julie Rrap.

Icons and Identities

It’s often thought that foremost among portraiture’s many functions is the documentation of individuals who are celebrated and familiar, or who best exemplify the temper and identity of a certain place at a certain time.