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of sitters who are in the profession "Performing arts" all currently on display sorted by acquisition date
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John Williams

John Williams
2000 (printed 2022)

Polly Borland

On display: Gallery Six
Yvonne Denise Kenny

Yvonne Denise Kenny
1999 (printed 2022)

Polly Borland

On display: Gallery Six
Toni Collette

Toni Collette
1999 (printed 2022)

Polly Borland

On display: Gallery Six
Leanne Benjamin

Leanne Benjamin
1999 (printed 2022)

Polly Borland

On display: Gallery Six
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Rosalie Kunoth
1967

Donald Cameron

On display: Gallery Six
Smalltown Boy (Perth)

Smalltown Boy (Perth)
2018

The Huxleys

On display: Gallery Five
Smalltown Boy (Surfers Paradise)

Smalltown Boy (Surfers Paradise)
2018

The Huxleys

On display: Gallery Five
Wesley Enoch and David McAllister

Wesley Enoch and David McAllister
2020

Peter Brew-Bevan

On display: Gallery Four
Jessica Mauboy

Jessica Mauboy
2018

David Rosetzky

On display: Gallery Two
Russell Crowe

Russell Crowe
1995 (printed 2016)

Stuart Spence

On display: Gallery Four
Richard Walley

Richard Walley
2015

Dr Julie Dowling

On display: Gallery Six
Angry Anderson

Angry Anderson
2006

Sally Robinson

On display: Gallery Six
Marilyn Rowe

Marilyn Rowe
1981

Graham Thorley

On display: Gallery Six
Paul Kelly

Paul Kelly
2007

Martin Philbey

On display: Gallery Four
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A blackguard rehearsing - Max Cullen
2001

David Naseby

On display: Gallery Six
Portrait of Alex Dimitriades

Portrait of Alex Dimitriades
2005

Michael Zavros

On display: Gallery Six
Ron and Valerie Taylor

Ron and Valerie Taylor
n.d.

an unknown artist

On display: Gallery Four
Jimmy Little

Jimmy Little
2003

Juno Gemes

On display: Gallery Four
Peter Sculthorpe

Peter Sculthorpe
1982

Eric Smith

On display: Gallery Three
Bruce Beresford on location

Bruce Beresford on location
c. 1981 (printed 2004)

Robert McFarlane

On display: Gallery Four
Marcia Hines

Marcia Hines
c. 1981

Lewis Morley

On display: Gallery Four
Portrait of Kenneth Rowell

Portrait of Kenneth Rowell
1967

David Strachan

On display: Gallery Three
David Williamson

David Williamson
1974 (printed 2001)

Gordon Glenn

On display: Gallery Four
Arthur Streeton, Nora Streeton (nee Clench) and Pat, the dog

Arthur Streeton, Nora Streeton (nee Clench) and Pat, the dog
c. 1909

H. Walter Barnett

On display: Gallery Four
Russell Drysdale and Peter Sculthorpe, Tallow Beach, New South Wales

Russell Drysdale and Peter Sculthorpe, Tallow Beach, New South Wales
1969 (printed 2000)

David Moore

On display: Gallery Four
Betty Burstall

Betty Burstall
1945

Arthur Boyd AC OBE

On display: Gallery Three
Barry Humphries

Barry Humphries
1958

Clifton Pugh AO

On display: Gallery Three
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