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

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Thursday 30 November 2023 – Sunday 30 November 2025

Live online

Thursday 30 November 2023 – Sunday 30 November 2025

Explore the collection from the comfort of you loungeroom. Join us for free, interactive, virtual collection tours. Examine portraits in depth with Gallery Educators delivered via Zoom, and chat, comment and ask questions just like the IRL experience. Videos of selected previous events are available too.

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Ruth Park
Ruth Park
Ruth Park
Ruth Park

Virtual Highlight Tour

Dames in doorways

12:30pm, Tue 29 Apr
Live online

Discover the stories of three formidable women whose lives have all been marked by determination, creativity and journeys.

Bookings required
The painter transmogrified and Mrs Smith
The painter transmogrified and Mrs Smith
The painter transmogrified and Mrs Smith
The painter transmogrified and Mrs Smith

Virtual Highlight Tour

The Distance Between

12:30pm, Tue 13 May
Live online

Great connections last the distance. Join Education Delivery Officer, Sophia Childs, as she explores three portraits featuring two subjects.

Bookings required
The photographer's shadow (Olive Cotton and Max Dupain)
The photographer's shadow (Olive Cotton and Max Dupain)
The photographer's shadow (Olive Cotton and Max Dupain)
The photographer's shadow (Olive Cotton and Max Dupain)

Virtual Highlight Tour

Beach People

12:30pm, Tue 20 May
Live online

Join Program Coordinator Ellie Brotchie, as she takes us to the beach to explore the symbolism of sun, sea and sand in three portraits.

Bookings required
Leigh Bowery
Leigh Bowery
Leigh Bowery
Leigh Bowery

Virtual Highlight Tour

Portraits in the Key of D Major

12:30pm, Tue 27 May
Live online

Join Learning Facilitator and resident synesthete, Jo as she explores portraits that radiate the key of D major – golden, glowing, expansive.

Bookings required
Rosie Batty
Rosie Batty
Rosie Batty
Rosie Batty

Virtual Highlight Tour

Survivors

12:30pm, Tue 3 Jun
Live online

Join Cate Lyons, Learning Facilitator, as she looks at portraits that speak to the incredible courage of their subjects.

Bookings required
Gallery Three, April 2025. Warwick Thornton 2019, Susan Stitt ACS. © Susan Stitt ACS. Eric 2020, Amos Gebhardt. © Amos Gebhardt. Men of High Degree: Kev Carmody (Bundjalung/Lama Lama Peoples) 2023, Brenda L Croft, Prue Hazelgrove and Richard Crampton. © Brenda L Croft/Copyright Agency, 2024.
Gallery Three, April 2025. Warwick Thornton 2019, Susan Stitt ACS. © Susan Stitt ACS. Eric 2020, Amos Gebhardt. © Amos Gebhardt. Men of High Degree: Kev Carmody (Bundjalung/Lama Lama Peoples) 2023, Brenda L Croft, Prue Hazelgrove and Richard Crampton. © Brenda L Croft/Copyright Agency, 2024.
Gallery Three, April 2025. Warwick Thornton 2019, Susan Stitt ACS. © Susan Stitt ACS. Eric 2020, Amos Gebhardt. © Amos Gebhardt. Men of High Degree: Kev Carmody (Bundjalung/Lama Lama Peoples) 2023, Brenda L Croft, Prue Hazelgrove and Richard Crampton. © Brenda L Croft/Copyright Agency, 2024.
Gallery Three, April 2025. Warwick Thornton 2019, Susan Stitt ACS. © Susan Stitt ACS. Eric 2020, Amos Gebhardt. © Amos Gebhardt. Men of High Degree: Kev Carmody (Bundjalung/Lama Lama Peoples) 2023, Brenda L Croft, Prue Hazelgrove and Richard Crampton. © Brenda L Croft/Copyright Agency, 2024.

Virtual Highlight Tour

Surprise Me!

12:30pm, Tue 24 Jun
Live online

Join us for a lively discussion, as three of our Access and Learning team members choose a portrait to surprise each other and us!

Bookings required
Shelley Ware with Blood money - infinite dollar note - Aunty Regina Pilawuk Wilson, 2023. Dr Ryan Presley
Shelley Ware with Blood money - infinite dollar note - Aunty Regina Pilawuk Wilson, 2023. Dr Ryan Presley
Shelley Ware with Blood money - infinite dollar note - Aunty Regina Pilawuk Wilson, 2023. Dr Ryan Presley
Shelley Ware with Blood money - infinite dollar note - Aunty Regina Pilawuk Wilson, 2023. Dr Ryan Presley

Virtual Highlight Tour

The Next Generation: Strength, Vision & Legacy

12:30pm, Tue 1 Jul
Live online

Join Shelley Ware, a proud Yankunyjatjara, Wirangu and Kokatha woman, as she showcases three portraits from the collection to speak to this year’s NAIDOC theme, The Next Generation: Strength, Vision & Legacy.

Bookings required

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Monday 1 December 2025 – Thursday 2 December 2027

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