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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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Fay Zwicky, c. 1981 (printed 2018)

Jacqueline Mitelman

Portrait, inkjet print on paper

Purchased 2018

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Fay Zwicky

Fay Zwicky (1933–2017), poet and academic, grew up in a cultivated environment in Brighton, Melbourne, where her European Jewish family had lived for four generations.

1 portrait in the collection

James Oswald Fairfax

The Fairfax Gift

Magazine article by Andrew Sayers AM, 2003

This article examines the portraits gifted to the National Portrait Gallery by Fairfax Holdings in 2003.

Ali Cobby Eckermann and Lionel Fogarty at the Hawkesbury River

Lionel Fogarty

Lionel Fogarty (b. 1958), Yugambeh/Kudjela poet and activist, was born at Barambah, the Cherbourg Aboriginal Reserve, near Murgon, Queensland.

1 portrait in the collection

Tan Le

Tan Le

Tan Le

Tan Le, 2018

Portrait, transparency between mirror substrates in LED lightbox

Commissioned with funds provided by the Sid and Fiona Myer Family Foundation 2018

Captain W Kinghorne

Captain William Kinghorne

William Kinghorne (1796-1878) came to the colonies from Scotland some time before 1824.

1 portrait in the collection

Robert Adamson

Robert Adamson (1943–2022), poet and publisher, divided his childhood between Neutral Bay and the Hawkesbury River, where his grandfather lived.

2 portraits in the collection

Hugh Jackman

Hugh Jackman

Hugh Jackman

Hugh Jackman, 2020

Vincent Fantauzzo

Portrait, oil on canvas

Commissioned with funds provided by the Sid and Fiona Myer Family Foundation and Paul Dainty AM and Donna Dainty 2020

Ali Cobby Eckermann and Lionel Fogarty at the Hawkesbury River

Ali Cobby Eckermann and Lionel Fogarty at the Hawkesbury River

Ali Cobby Eckermann and Lionel Fogarty at the Hawkesbury River

Ali Cobby Eckermann and Lionel Fogarty at the Hawkesbury River, 2014

Portrait, inkjet print on paper

Purchased 2015

Ali Cobby Eckermann and Lionel Fogarty at the Hawkesbury River

Ali Cobby Eckermann

Ali Cobby Eckermann (b. 1963), Yankunytjatjara/Kothaka author and poet, was born in Adelaide.

1 portrait in the collection

Leanne Benjamin

Leanne Benjamin AM OBE

Leanne Benjamin AM OBE (b. 1964) was Principal Dancer with the Royal Ballet between 1993 and 2013.

1 portrait in the collection

What the tree saw: David Foster

What the tree saw: David Foster

What the tree saw: David Foster

What the tree saw: David Foster, 2018

Jacqui Stockdale

Portrait, inkjet print and oil on canvas, mounted with inset axe pendant

Commissioned with funds provided by the Sid and Fiona Myer Family Foundation 2018

Margaret Seares

Margaret Seares

Margaret Seares

Margaret Seares, 2018

Portrait, watercolour on paper

Commissioned with funds provided by the Sid and Fiona Myer Family Foundation 2018

Self portrait with Bottlebrush

Self portrait with Bottlebrush

Self portrait with Bottlebrush

Self portrait with Bottlebrush, 1991

Margaret Olley AC

Portrait, oil on board

Purchased with funds provided by Marilyn Darling AC and the Sid and Fiona Myer Family Foundation 2021

Margaret Seares

Margaret Seares, 2018

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Commissioned with funds provided by the Sid and Fiona Myer Family Foundation 2018

Mirka by Mirka

Mirka by Mirka

Mirka by Mirka

Mirka by Mirka, 2000

Portrait, oil on canvas

Purchased with funds provided by the Sid and Fiona Myer Family Foundation 2021

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