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Maggie

2023

Del Kathryn Barton

On display: Gallery Two

Stan Grant and Tracey Holmes

2020

Nic Walker

Lee Lin Chin

2004 (printed 2021)

George Fetting

Robert Drewe (in the swell)

2006

Nicholas Harding

A Portrait (Kate Hattam)

1956

Clifton Pugh AO

On display: Gallery Three

Linda Burney MLA Canturbury and Rick Farley at home, Marrickville

2003

Juno Gemes

Tania Verstak

1962 (printed 2006)

Jozef Vissel

Lee Lin Chin

2005

Ingvar Kenne

On display: Gallery Six

Steve Irwin

2005

Robin Sellick

Dame Mary Gilmore

1961

Max Dupain OBE

Robert Dessaix

1998

Robert Hannaford AM

Megan Gale

2002

Ellen Dahl

Colin Madigan and Robert Hughes, Canberra

1982 (printed 2000)

David Moore

Macca (Ian McNamara)

2007

John Elliott

True Stories - Helen Garner

2003

Jenny Sages

Dame Mary Gilmore

c. 1938

Lyall Trindall

Robert Hughes - Nothing if not critical

2001

Bill Leak

Portrait of Mr Frank Packer

1956

Judy Cassab AO CBE

On display: Gallery Three

Bill Leak

1999

Simon Obarzanek

Noni Hazlehurst

1977 (printed 2011)

Lorrie Graham

Kate Fitzpatrick

1983

William Yang

Patricia 'Bambi' Tuckwell (Shmith)

c. 1952

Max Dupain OBE

The Story Teller (Noni Hazlehurst)

2017

Jaq Grantford

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

1866

Edouard Gatel

John Fairfax

1873

Charles Summers

Kerry Stokes

2014 (printed 2021)

Peter Brew-Bevan

Barry Jones

2020

Louise Hearman

Bob Ellis

1999

David Naseby

Dorothy Gordon

c. 1922

Melbourne Spurr

Portrait of Philip Williams

2019

Rick Amor

Rupert Murdoch

2005

Ben Baker

James T. Donovan

1892

Tom Roberts

Tiga Bayles with No Fixed Address at the People for Nuclear Disarmament…

Juno Gemes

Dorothy Gordon, in part costume for Rudolph Valentino's "In Blood and Sand"…

Melbourne Spurr

Sir James Reading Fairfax

1898

Tom Roberts

Caroline Jones

2009

Salvatore Zofrea OAM

Kate Fitzpatrick

1978 (printed 2017)

Robert McFarlane

Sir Charles Moses

1968

Mark Strizic

Janice Wakely

1959

Helmut Newton

Caroline Jones

1978

David Campbell

On display: Gallery Four

Robert Hughes

1996

Rex Dupain

Clive James

1999

Polly Borland

Sir Keith Murdoch

1944

Danila Vassilieff

On display: Gallery Three

Norman, Kodak, Rose, J.F Archibald, model and John Barr

c. 1913

an unknown artist

Helen Garner

2004

Julian Kingma

Mungo MacCallum, press gallery cricket

1973

Frank Hinder

Leo Schofield

2001

Brent Harris

Horatio Spencer Wills

c. 1855

an unknown artist

TW Edgeworth David and Vilhjalmur Stefansson

1924

Annie May Moore

Charles Haddon Chambers

1921

Ralph Barton

Robert Dessaix

2004

Julian Kingma

Margaret Simons

2012

Dave Tacon

Peace and War (Mr A. G. Hales)

1908

Sir Leslie Ward, Vanity Fair Magazine

Johnny Warren OAM MBE

2008

Natasha Gadd, Rhys Graham

Noel Fraser Hickey

1957

Nancy Menetrey

Horatio Spencer Wills

c. 1870

Wilmot & Key

Portrait of Peter Nicholson

1995

David Moore

Study for portrait of Helen Garner

2003

Jenny Sages

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

c. 1950s

an unknown artist

Nell

2008

Abbey McCulloch

Reverend John West, Sydney.

n.d.

John Cochran

Melodrama...

c. 1900

an unknown artist

George Gittoes

1991

Greg Weight

Portrait of John Flaus

2022

Alan Mitchell

B A Santamaria

1996

Wes Walters

Sir Lloyd Dumas

1955

Sir Ivor Hele

Portrait of Peter Nicholson

1995

David Moore

Robert Henderson Croll

1927

Frederick George Reynolds

Portrait of Anne Summers

1974

Carol Jerrems

NC

A Book about Australian Women

1974

Carol Jerrems, Virginia Fraser, Outback Press

George Gittoes - last sitting before Peshawar

2007

George Fetting

Ted Dyson, Bill Dyson (with pipe) and Percy

c. 1899

an unknown artist

Rupert Murdoch

c. 1986

Joe Greenberg

Bob Croll of the AAA Vic.

1916

David Low

D.A.S. Campbell (David Alexander Stewart Campbell)

1963

Sir William Dargie CBE

Reg Grundy

1992 (cast 2003)

Nigel Boonham

Portrait of Peter Nicholson

1995

David Moore

John Fairfax

c. 1860

Edwin Dalton

Ed Murrow, New York

1956 (printed 2000)

David Moore

Percy, Ted Dyson and Bill Dyson

c. 1899

an unknown artist

Portrait of Mrs Sarah Fairfax

c. 1864

Edwin Dalton

Robert Hughes

1962

Louis Kahan AO

Raymond Gosford Watt

c. 1936

Rudolph Buchner

Barbara McCarthy

c. 2000

Penny Tweedie

Bill Leak

1984

phra ajahn ekaggata fka terry milligan

Barbara McGrady

2017 (printed 2023)

Dr John Janson-Moore

Dave Dow

1922

Tom Glover

Study (b) for portrait of Helen Garner

2003

Jenny Sages

Erin Phillips OAM

2022

Alex Frayne

Study (c) for portrait of Helen Garner

2003

Jenny Sages

George Gittoes

1999

Greg Weight

Ita Buttrose

1981

John Williams

On display: Gallery Four

International Penny Postage (Mr John Henniker Heaton MP)

1887

Sir Leslie Ward, Vanity Fair Magazine

Robert Gray

1978

Christine Godden

John Hinde

1990 (printed 2011)

Lorrie Graham

The Reverend Dr Gordon Powell AM MA BD

c. 1986

Donald Cameron

Study for portrait of Bob Ellis

1999

David Naseby

Portrait of Anne Summers

1974

Carol Jerrems

Portrait of Anne Summers

1974

Carol Jerrems

Tony Adam

c. 1968

Janice McIllree

Harold Mitchell

2001 (printed 2011)

Lorrie Graham

Study (a) for portrait of Helen Garner

2003

Jenny Sages

Rod McGeoch

2004 (printed 2012)

Rob Tuckwell

John Laws

1981

John Williams

Portrait of Anne Summers

1974

Carol Jerrems

Study for portrait of Bob Ellis

1999

David Naseby

Sir Warwick Fairfax

1981

Bryan Westwood

Study (d) for portrait of Helen Garner

2003

Jenny Sages

Study for portrait of Helen Garner

2003

Jenny Sages

Barry Jones

1998

Tristan Humphries

Mungo MacCallum

1968

Judy Cassab AO CBE

Portrait of Anne Summers

1974

Carol Jerrems

On display: Gallery Four

Dame Enid Lyons

c. 1943

Justine Kong Sing

Mungo MacCallum

n.d.

Louis Kahan AO

Preparatory study for the portrait of Leo Schofield No.1

2001

Brent Harris

Sir Frank Packer

n.d.

Louis Kahan AO

Portrait of Anne Summers

1974

Carol Jerrems

Lady Natasha Johnston

1968

Cecil Beaton

Charles John Fairfax

c. 1860

Edwin Dalton

Preparatory study for the portrait of Leo Schofield No. 2

2001

Brent Harris

Portrait of Sir James Oswald Fairfax

1929

W.A. Bowring

Todd Condie

c. 2000

Penny Tweedie

Alan Freeman

c. 1970 (printed 2002)

Lewis Morley

John Cobley

1944

Nora Heysen AM

Sir Walter Murdoch

1920s (printed later)

an unknown artist

Portrait of Dr Kurt von Stutterheim with Mrs von Stutterheim

c. 1958

Max Dupain OBE

John Fairfax

mid to late 19th century

Achille Simonetti

Reg Grundy

c. 1988 (printed 2017)

Robert McFarlane

Colin Wills

c. 1940s

Max Dupain OBE

A G Stephens

c. 1910 (printed later)

an unknown artist

Brian Fitzpatrick

1953

Graeme Inson

Robert Hughes

1962

Louis Kahan AO

John Cargher holding a long play record

c. 1986

John Spooner

Bust of Frank McIlwraith

1937

Barbara Tribe

Portrait of Behrouz Boochani #1

2018 (printed 2023)

Hoda Afshar

John Hamilton

1969

Meg Padgham

NC

Fuzzy Leo (Leo Schofield)

c. 2000

Martin Wilson

Herb and Flan

2018

Julian Meagher

Full-size preparatory study for the portrait of Leo Schofield

2001

Brent Harris

Roxy Musk

c. 2000

Penny Tweedie

Sir Vincent Fairfax

1981

Bryan Westwood

NC

John Laws on a Harley

1994 (printed 2012)

Jim Rolon

Geoffrey Roland Robertson

1999 (printed 2022)

Polly Borland

Alan Freeman MBE

c. 1970 (printed 2002)

Lewis Morley

Ethel Anderson and her daughter, Bethia

c. 1912

G.W. Lawrie

Ethel Anderson and her daughter, Bethia

c. 1912

G.W. Lawrie

Portrait of Mr Geoffrey E. Fairfax

1929

W.A. Bowring

Andree Johnston-Bell

c. 1945

Walter Langhammer

On display: Gallery Six

Bruce Gyngell

1999 (printed 2022)

Polly Borland

NC

Portrait photograph of David McNicoll

1987

Anthony Buckley & Constantine Ltd

Tania Verstak

1962

Jozef Vissel