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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.

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Sir Macfarlane Burnet

Sir Macfarlane Burnet

Sir Macfarlane Burnet

Sir Macfarlane Burnet, late 1970s

Portrait, pen and ink on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 1998

Sir Macfarlane Burnet

Sir Macfarlane Burnet

Sir Macfarlane Burnet

Sir Macfarlane Burnet, 1960-1961

Sir William Dargie CBE

Portrait, oil on composition board

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 1999

Eric Douglas

Eric Douglas

Eric Douglas

Eric Douglas, c. 1930

Frank Hurley OBE

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Gift of Sally Douglas 2009

Sir Macfarlane Burnet

Sir Macfarlane Burnet

Sir Macfarlane Burnet

Sir Macfarlane Burnet, 1968

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Purchased with funds provided by Sir Roderick Carnegie 2003

Billy McMahon

Billy McMahon

Billy McMahon

Billy McMahon, 1972

Portrait, fibre-tipped pen, wash on paper

Gift of HOTA (Home of the Arts), Gold Coast 2019 with the encouragement of Patrick Corrigan AM

Geoffrey Legge and Frank Watters

Geoffrey Legge and Frank Watters

Geoffrey Legge and Frank Watters

Geoffrey Legge and Frank Watters, 1999

Portrait, type C photograph on paper

Purchased 2021

Geoffrey Legge and Frank Watters

Geoffrey Legge and Frank Watters

Geoffrey Legge and Frank Watters

Geoffrey Legge and Frank Watters, 2008

Portrait, inkjet print on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2010

Sir Frank Packer KBE

Vintage Cassab

Magazine article by Dr Sarah Engledow, 2006

The oil portrait of Sir Frank Packer KBE by Judy Cassab was gifted to the National Portrait Gallery in 2006.

Frank Fenner AC CMG MBE

The highest honour

Magazine article by Michael Desmond, 2007

Bringing eminent scientist Frank Fenner and artist Jude Rae together for the National Portrait Gallery commission was like matchmaking.

Sir Douglas Mawson

Staying home

About Face article

Joanna Gilmour brings a mindful Douglas Mawson’s perspective to bear on the concept of isolation.

John Kerr

John Kerr

John Kerr

John Kerr, 1976

Portrait, pencil on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Enid Hawkins 2003
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program

Governor General Sir John Kerr

Governor General Sir John Kerr

Governor General Sir John Kerr

Governor General Sir John Kerr, 1976

Portrait, fibre-tipped pen, watercolour, pencil on paper

Gift of HOTA (Home of the Arts), Gold Coast 2019 with the encouragement of Patrick Corrigan AM

Whitlam & Snedden

Whitlam & Snedden

Whitlam & Snedden

Whitlam & Snedden, 1974

Portrait, fibre-tipped pen on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Enid Hawkins 2003
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program

Frank Wootton

Frank Wootton

Frank Wootton

Frank Wootton, c. 1908

Sir Leslie Ward, Vanity Fair Magazine

Portrait, chromolithograph on paper

Gift of Ronald A Walker 2009. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

New South Wales State Repatriation Board

New South Wales State Repatriation Board

New South Wales State Repatriation Board

New South Wales State Repatriation Board, c. 1920

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on cardboard

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the family of FW Macpherson 2012

Neville and Jill Wran - as the Duke and Duchess of Sydney (with apologies to Piero della Francesca)

Neville and Jill Wran - as the Duke and Duchess of Sydney (with apologies to Piero della Francesca)

Neville and Jill Wran - as the Duke and Duchess of Sydney (with apologies to Piero della Francesca)

Neville and Jill Wran - as the Duke and Duchess of Sydney (with apologies to Piero della Francesca), 1983

Frank Hodgkinson

Portrait, oil on canvas (diptych)

Gift of Mrs Kate Hodgkinson 1999. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

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