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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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Doug Gimesy

Douglas Gimesy, conservation and wildlife photographer, graduated in zoology and microbiology before gaining master’s degrees in both bioethics and environment.

1 portrait in the collection

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Karen Quinlan AM

Karen Quinlan AM took up her appointment as Director of the National Portrait Gallery in December 2018. Karen commenced her curatorial career in 1994 at National Gallery of Victoria before becoming Curator of Bendigo Art Gallery in 1996, and the Director of Bendigo Art Gallery from 2000 until 2018. Karen was a Professor of Practice and previously Director of the La Trobe Art Institute La Trobe University, a former Trustee of the State Library of Victoria, Board Member and former Chair of the Public Galleries Association of Victoria.

James Mollison

James Mollison AO

James Mollison AO (1931–2020) was the inaugural director of the National Gallery of Australia.

2 portraits in the collection

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Angela Brennan

Angela Brennan (b. 1960) is a highly regarded contemporary Australian painter and ceramicist.

1 portrait in the collection

The Colonel (Portrait of Walter Withers)

The Colonel (Portrait of Walter Withers)

The Colonel (Portrait of Walter Withers)

The Colonel (Portrait of Walter Withers), 1896

Portrait, pastel on paper

Purchased 2009

Portrait of Mrs Sarah Fairfax

Portrait of Mrs Sarah Fairfax

Portrait of Mrs Sarah Fairfax

Portrait of Mrs Sarah Fairfax, c. 1864

Portrait, pastel on paper laid on canvas

Gift of John Fairfax Holdings Ltd 2002. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Vy (Cowsill) 2016 by Rozalind Drummond

Rozalind Drummond

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The photographs in Tough & tender by Rozalind Drummond evoke individual freedom and personal reflection.

Charles Joseph La Trobe

Charles Joseph La Trobe

Charles Joseph La Trobe

Charles Joseph La Trobe, c. 1857

Samuel Bellin after Francis Grant

Portrait, mezzotint on paper

Purchased 2010

Sir James Gobbo

Sir James Gobbo

Sir James Gobbo

Sir James Gobbo, 1983

Paul Fitzgerald AM

Portrait, synthetic polymer paint on canvas

Gift of Mercy Health and Aged Care 2006

George Nicholas

George Nicholas CBE

George Nicholas CBE (1884-1960), pharmacist and philanthropist, grew up in South Australia and Victoria.

1 portrait in the collection

Self portrait

Sidney Nolan

Sir Sidney Nolan AC OM CBE (1917–1992) was one of the most original and inventive Australian artists of the postwar decades, and one of few Australian artists to achieve an international reputation in the twentieth century.

7 portraits in the collection

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Hayward Veal

Hayward 'Bill' Veal was born in Eaglemont, Victoria, and studied in Melbourne with AD Colquhoun and Max Meldrum between the ages of fifteen and twenty-four.

1 portrait in the collection

The Member of the Upper House

Hon. John A. Wallace

John Alston Wallace (1824–1901), storekeeper, hotelier and mining entrepreneur, came to Melbourne in 1852 to try his luck on the goldfields.

1 portrait in the collection

Round the World (Thomas Brassey)

Thomas Brassey

Thomas Brassey, 1st Earl Brassey (1836–1918), politician and governor, studied law and modern history at Oxford, but abandoned law for a career in politics two years after being called to the Bar.

1 portrait in the collection

James Mollison

James Mollison

James Mollison

James Mollison, c. 1973 (printed 2004)

Portrait, type C photograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of James Mollison AO 2004

Francis Tuckfield

Francis Tuckfield

Francis Tuckfield (1808-1865), Wesleyan missionary, was eighteen years old when, having worked as a miner and a fisherman, he decided to become a preacher.

1 portrait in the collection

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