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The National Portrait Gallery's growing collection of around 3500 works consists of representations of individuals who have influenced or contributed to the shaping of Australia as a nation and a society.
Activism (83)
Agriculture and farming (26)
Architecture, design and fashion (72)
Business, trades and industry (186)
Education and research (79)
Exploration and settlement (112)
Family of main sitter (5)
Food and cooking (26)
Government and leadership (343)
Health and medicine (78)
Indigenous identity (65)
Law and justice (113)
Agriculture and farming (26)
Architecture, design and fashion (72)
Business, trades and industry (186)
Education and research (79)
Exploration and settlement (112)
Family of main sitter (5)
Food and cooking (26)
Government and leadership (343)
Health and medicine (78)
Indigenous identity (65)
Law and justice (113)
Bonita Mabo, 1994 (printed 2011) by Lorrie Graham
Ian Kiernan, 1996 by Kate Gollings
Peter Corris, 1982 (printed 2011) by Lorrie Graham
Mirka Mora, 2001 by Greg Weight
Charles Blackman, 2008 by Sahlan Hayes
Lee Lin Chin, 2004 by George Fetting
Peter Thomson, c.1960 by Louis Kahan
Jill Ker Conway, 1987 by Sarah Belchetz-Swenson
Mick Fanning at Snapper Rock, 2010 by Andrew Maccoll
Chris Chataway, White City Stadium, London, 1956 (printed 2000) by David Moore
Rosie Batty, 2017 by Nikki Toole
Ron Tandberg, 1995 by Francis Reiss
