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Malcolm McCusker AC CVO KC

2022

Vincent Fantauzzo

On display: Gallery Four

NC

The Hon. Alex Chernov AC KC

2019

Anne Middleton

The Honourable Margaret Lusink AM

2019

Pamela Joyce, Australian Tapestry Workshop

The Honourable Chief Justice Susan Kiefel AC

2018

Yvonne East

Portrait of Susan Crennan

2017

Lewis Miller

Alan Goldberg

2014

Jacqueline Mitelman

Henry Reynolds

2012

Dave Tacon

J M Coetzee

2012

Dave Tacon

Portrait of David Gonski AC

2012

Paul Newton

Mick Dodson

2010

Ricky Maynard

Sir William Deane 2008

2008

Merilyn Fairskye

Tim Costello

2006 (printed 2010)

Dave Tacon

Gough Whitlam

2005 (printed 2015)

Peter Brew-Bevan

Julian Burnside AO KC

2004 (printed 2012)

David Roberts

Preparatory study of Tom Hughes

2003

Jiawei Shen

Preparatory study for the portrait of the Hon Tom Hughes KC

2001

Jiawei Shen

Hon Tom Hughes KC

2001

Jiawei Shen

Jason Yat Sen Li

2001 (printed 2011)

Lorrie Graham

Shahleena Musk

c. 2000

Penny Tweedie

Sir Zelman Cowen

2000

Wes Walters

Jamie Wright

c. 2000

Penny Tweedie

Joanne Selfe

c. 2000

Penny Tweedie

Geoffrey Roland Robertson

1999 (printed 2022)

Polly Borland

NC

Study "Radical Restraint: A Portrait of Michael Kirby"

1998

Ralph Heimans AM

On display: Gallery Eight

Study "Radical Restraint: A Portrait of Michael Kirby"

1998

Ralph Heimans AM

NC

Study "Radical Restraint: A Portrait of Michael Kirby"

1998

Ralph Heimans AM

NC

Study "Radical Restraint: A Portrait of Michael Kirby"

1998

Ralph Heimans AM

On display: Gallery Eight

NC

Study "Radical Restraint: A Portrait of Michael Kirby"

1998

Ralph Heimans AM

Study "Radical Restraint: A Portrait of Michael Kirby"

1998

Ralph Heimans AM

Study "Radical Restraint: A Portrait of Michael Kirby"

1998

Ralph Heimans AM

NC

Study "Radical Restraint: A Portrait of Michael Kirby"

1998

Ralph Heimans AM

NC

Study "Radical Restraint: A Portrait of Michael Kirby"

1998

Ralph Heimans AM

On display: Gallery Eight

Study "Radical Restraint: A Portrait of Michael Kirby"

1998

Ralph Heimans AM

NC

Study "Radical Restraint: A Portrait of Michael Kirby"

1998

Ralph Heimans AM

Study "Radical Restraint: A Portrait of Michael Kirby"

1998

Ralph Heimans AM

NC

Study "Radical Restraint: A Portrait of Michael Kirby"

1998

Ralph Heimans AM

NC

Study "Radical Restraint: A Portrait of Michael Kirby"

1998

Ralph Heimans AM

NC

Study "Radical Restraint: A Portrait of Michael Kirby" recto 'Head Study'…

Ralph Heimans AM

On display: Gallery Eight

Radical Restraint Justice Michael Kirby

1998

Ralph Heimans AM

On display: Gallery Eight

Dame Roma Mitchell

1998

Jessica Hromas

Portrait of Philip Nitschke

1998 (re-worked 2009)

Amanda King

Donald Gordon Mackay

1998

Judy Cassab AO CBE

Chester Porter QC

1997

Graeme Inson

Ron Castan

1996

Francis Reiss

Ron Castan AM QC

1995

Kate Gollings

Don Dunstan

1992-1993 (printed 2019)

Robin Sellick

Justice Robin Millhouse, Maslin Beach, South Australia

1992-1993 (printed 2019)

Robin Sellick

Robyn Archer and Gough Whitlam

1986 (printed 2019)

Neil Duncan

Sir Robert Menzies

1985

Andor Meszaros

Sir Ninian Stephen

1984

Louis Kahan AO

Neville and Jill Wran - as the Duke and Duchess of Sydney (with apologies…

Frank Hodgkinson

Sir James Gobbo

1983

Paul Fitzgerald AM

Sir Zelman Cowen

1982

Andrew Sibley

Gough and John

1981

Peter van der Veer

The Hon Gough Whitlam, Ossie Cruse and Michael Anderson

1981 (printed 2003)

Juno Gemes

The Hon E.G. Whitlam AC QC

1980

Graeme Inson

NC

Sir James Forrest

1978

William Boissevain

NC

The Hon Lionel Murphy

1978

Judith O'Conal-Prinz

Zelman Cowen

c. 1977

Ray Crooke AM

Painter John Brack with Professor Alex Mitchell and Sir Garfield Barwick…

Jozef Vissel

Gough... maintain the rage!

1976

Frank Hinder

Gough Whitlam and Bob Hawke

c. 1976 (printed 2017)

Robert McFarlane

John Kerr

1976

Frank Hinder

Governor General Sir John Kerr

1976

Frank Hinder

Prime Minister Gough Whitlam pours soil into the hand of traditional land…

Mervyn Bishop

Gough Whitlam

1975 (printed 2010)

Bill McAuley

Whitlam & Snedden

1974

Frank Hinder

Don Dunstan

1973-1975 (printed 2005)

Anthony Browell

NC

Sir Garfield Barwick

1972

Reg Campbell

Ming Vase (Sir Robert Menzies)

c. 1970

Les Tanner, Gus McLaren

Sir Leslie Herron

1969

Esme Bell

Sir Robert Menzies

c. 1966

Les Tanner

Robert Menzies, Sydney

1963 (printed 2000)

David Moore

Sir Robert Menzies

c. 1963-1964

an unknown artist

Maurice Ashkanasy CMG QC

1963

Karl Duldig

On display: Gallery Three

Rt Hon. Sir Robert Menzies

c. 1962

Victor Greenhalgh

Sketch for Prime Minister Robert Menzies

1960

Sir William Dobell OBE

Lord Goddard, White City Stadium, London

c. 1957 (printed 2000)

David Moore

Robert Menzies, Lancaster House, London

1956 (printed 2000)

David Moore

Sir Robert Menzies

c. 1952

Louis Kahan AO

On display: Gallery Three

Dr HV Evatt, Albert Namatjira and Dame Mary Gilmore having a meal

c. 1950s

an unknown artist

Portrait of Paul Gerber

1947

Max Dupain OBE

NC

Portrait of Dame Roma Mitchell

1940s

Geoffrey Mainwaring

HV (Doc) Evatt

1935

Arnold Shore

Edward Telford Simpson

1919

John St Helier Lander

George Reid paperweight

c. 1910

unknown artist

George Reid paperweight

c. 1910

unknown artist

First High Court of Australia

c. 1903

an unknown artist

Edmund Barton

c. 1903

Crown Studios

Barton and Watson

1902

G. H. Dancey

Australia (Sir Edmund Barton)

1902

Sir Leslie Ward, Vanity Fair Magazine

Ada Evans

c. 1902-1911

The Swiss Studios, Sydney

The Federal Leader Edmund Barton

c. 1900

Nelson Illingworth

John Buckley Castieu, Lionel Lindsay and Norman Lindsay

c. 1897

an unknown artist

Sketch portrait of Sir Alex Onslow

1896

Tom Roberts

Sir George Reid

c. 1895

Nelson Illingworth

Mr Barton 'Overworked'

1893

Livingston Hopkins

Sir William Charles Windeyer

1892

Tom Roberts

On display: Gallery Six

The Honorable Sir Frederick Darley

c. 1887

Henry Samuel Sadd

Front cover of Journal des Voyages Sunday 20 July 1884 depicting 'Les Batteurs…

Perrychon after Castelli

Opening of the First Legislative Council of Victoria by Governor Charles…

John Noone after William Strutt

Ned Kelly the Bushranger (from The Australasian Sketcher, 7 August 1880)…

an unknown artist

Kelly in the Guard's Van en route to Beechworth (from The Australasian…

Tom Carrington, The Australasian Sketcher

Capture of the Kelly Gang of Australian Bushrangers

1880

The Graphic

Ned Kelly's armour (from The Australasian Sketcher, 3 July 1880)

1880

Tom Carrington, The Australasian Sketcher

Ned Kelly

1880

The Illustrated London News

Sir James Martin

c. 1880s

Henry Samuel Sadd after Freeman Brothers

The Bushranger Tragedy (from The Australasian Sketcher, 23 November 1878)…

an unknown artist, The Australasian Sketcher

A Politician "Unlock the Lands!" [The Hon. James MacPhearson Grant]

1874

Tom Durkin, The Weekly Times

A Premier "The New Man" [The Hon. George Briscoe Kerferd]

1874

Tom Durkin, The Weekly Times

A County Court Judge "Sober as a Judge" [Judge Pohlman]

1874

Tom Durkin, The Weekly Times

A Politician. "He is a Terror to Dummies' [Sir William Foster Stawell,…

Tom Durkin, The Weekly Times

The Tichborne Claimant (Arthur Orton)

c. 1872

Maull & Co Photographers

Sir Edward Eyre Williams

1872

Thomas Foster Chuck

Men of the Day No. 25 "Baronet or butcher" (Sir Roger Doughty Tichborne)…

Carlo Pellegrini, Vanity Fair Magazine

Sir Hartley Williams

c. 1871

Johnstone O'Shannessy & Co

Robert Lowe, Viscount Sherbrooke

1870

Elliott and Fry

William Charles Wentworth -The Australian Patriot

c. 1870

an unknown artist

James Macpherson Grant

c. 1870s

Paterson Brothers

Statesmen No. 4 "An enemy to democracy, yet a professor of liberal principles,…

Carlo Pellegrini, Vanity Fair Magazine

Statesmen, No. 4 "An enemy to democracy, yet a professor liberal principles,…

Carlo Pellegrini, Vanity Fair Magazine

John Mitchel with John Martin and Father John Kenyon [the three Johns]

1866

Edouard Gatel

Scrapbook page featuring portraits of Fred Lowry and Frank Gardiner

c. 1863

an unknown artist, Freeman Brothers

William Robertson and Martha Mary Robertson

1863

William Edward Kilburn

Album of cartes de visite and cabinet cards compiled by William St Leonards…

Various

William and Martha Mary Robertson and their children [William St Leonards,…

Various

The Hon. Sir Francis Forbes

c. 1860

Henry Samuel Sadd

The Hon. Sir James Dowling

c. 1860

Henry Samuel Sadd

William Charles Windeyer

c. 1857

an unknown artist

William Robertson junior

c. 1857

Conway Hart

William Charles Windeyer

1856

an unknown artist

The First Ministry under Responsible Government in New South Wales

1856

Freeman Brothers

William Charles Wentworth

1854

Thomas Woolner

William Robertson jnr

c. 1852

an unknown artist

Charles Windeyer

c. 1846-1849

George B. Goodman

Edward Paine Butler

c. 1845

Thomas Griffiths Wainewright

William Charles Windeyer aged six

1840

an unknown artist

Richard Windeyer

1840s

an unknown artist

John Frost

1839

an unknown artist, W Read

Thomas Muir of Huntershill

1838

John Kay

Charles Windeyer

1830s

an unknown artist

Richard Windeyer

1830s

an unknown artist

Richard Windeyer

c. 1828

Charles Richard Bone

Gamaliel Butler

c. 1824

an unknown artist

George Barrington

1820

John Chapman

Gamaliel Butler

c. 1810

an unknown artist

Thomas Muir

1800

François Bonneville

The Memoirs of George Barrington

1790

an unknown artist, J Bird & Simmonds

David Brown Dignam [and] George Barrington drawn from the life

1777

an unknown artist, The London Magazine

Andrew Hay of Chapman Hay

Joe Greenberg

Ned Kelly death mask

date unknown

an unknown artist after Maximilian Kreitmayer

Gough Whitlam

n.d.

Louis Kahan AO

Gough Whitlam

n.d.

Louis Kahan AO

On display: Gallery Three

Robert Lowe (Viscount Sherbrooke)

n.d.

Sem

David Unaipon

n.d.

an unknown artist