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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 (86)
Agriculture and farming (26)
Architecture, design and fashion (72)
Business, trades and industry (188)
Education and research (80)
Exploration and settlement (111)
Family of main sitter (5)
Food and cooking (26)
Government and leadership (351)
Health and medicine (78)
Indigenous identity (65)
Law and justice (114)
Agriculture and farming (26)
Architecture, design and fashion (72)
Business, trades and industry (188)
Education and research (80)
Exploration and settlement (111)
Family of main sitter (5)
Food and cooking (26)
Government and leadership (351)
Health and medicine (78)
Indigenous identity (65)
Law and justice (114)
Bob Hawke, 2012 by Luke Cornish
Gough Whitlam and Bob Hawke, c.1976 (printed 2017) by Robert McFarlane
Enrico Taglietti, c. 1985 by Edward Richards
Sir Arvi Parbo, 1992 by Brian Dunlop
Sir Arvi Parbo, Alcoa - Western Mining by Joe Greenberg
Les Murray, 2003 by Norman McBeath
Les Murray, 1995 by David Naseby
Edmund Capon, 2011 by Gary Grealy
Rosemary Madigan, 1992 by Greg Weight
Study for a portrait of Alex Wodak, c. 2005 by Nick Mourtzakis
Captain Matthew Flinders RN, 1814 by an unknown artist, Joyce Gold Naval Chronicle Office
Emily Kame Kngwarreye with Lily, 1993 by Jenny Sages
