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The National Portrait Gallery acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of Country throughout Australia and recognises the continuing connection to lands, waters and communities. We pay our respect to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures and to Elders both past and present.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are warned that this website contains images of deceased persons.

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Fred Kruger

Fred Kruger was born in Berlin and came to Victoria around 1860. By 1866 he’d taken up photography, and soon began making his name with landscape photographs, some of which went on to win medals at exhibitions in Vienna, Philadelphia, Melbourne and Geelong.

1 portrait in the collection

Henry Lawson

Henry Lawson

Henry Lawson

Henry Lawson, 1915

William Johnson

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Purchased 2009

Maude Shipp

Maude Shipp

Maude Shipp (1895-1964), vaudevillian, debuted as ‘Little Maude Shipp, the Wonderful Baby Performer’ around May 1900, as a member of the troupe managed by her father, Edwin ‘Teddy’ Shipp (c.

1 portrait in the collection

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My Two Lovely Faces Looking at Each Other and Smiling for Love, 2022

Rhonda Sharpe, Yarrenyty Arltere Artists

Portrait, soft sculpture made with recycled woollen blankets, bush dye, wool, cotton, feathers

Purchased 2023

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Girl with Big Stick, Cooloman and Bird, 2022

Rhonda Sharpe, Yarrenyty Arltere Artists

Portrait, soft sculpture made with recycled woollen blankets, bush dye, wool, cotton, feathers

Purchased 2023

Rolf de Heer, Adelaide, SA

Rolf de Heer

Rolf de Heer (b. 1951) was born in Heemskerk, Holland, and migrated to Australia with his family in 1959.

1 portrait in the collection

David Stratton, 2012
by Sharon Zwi

Sharon Zwi

Finalist interviews

We were in Gaza shooting a documentary and we had heard about the orphanages and wanted to visit and document some of the children who had lost parents during the wars in Gaza.

Bruce Dawe, Melbourne

Bruce Dawe

Bruce Dawe AO (1930-2020), poet and teacher, was born in Fitzroy and worked as a labourer, clerk, sawmill hand, farmhand and postman before joining the RAAF in 1959.

1 portrait in the collection

The family

Literary lovers’ life liaison

Desire drives forbidden love

Sir Walter Murdoch

Sir Walter Murdoch KCMG

Sir Walter Murdoch KCMG (1874–1970), academic and essayist, was born in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, and came to Australia with his family in 1884.

1 portrait in the collection

In the mirror: self portrait with Joy Hester (detail), 1939 Albert Tucker

Australian Love Stories online

#PortraitureComesHome

Lust and longing, drama and devotion, seduction and scandal! Delve into an enticing array of tales of the heart.

Henry Lawson

Henry Lawson

Henry Lawson

Henry Lawson, c. 1915

William Johnson

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2012

Henry Lawson

Henry Lawson

Henry Lawson

Henry Lawson, c. 1915

William Johnson

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2012

Ada Crossley

Ada Crossley

Ada Crossley

Ada Crossley, c. 1900

Rotary Photo Company Ltd

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on card

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Roger Neill 2009

Tony Sowersby

Tony Sowersby

Sabine's the sister-in-law of one of my oldest friends so I've known her for a while.

Jane Franklin

Jane’s conviction

Stand by your man

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