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'awk' (Bob Hawke)
, 1972

by Frank Hinder

fibre- tipped pen on paper (sheet: 26.3 cm x 23.8 cm)

'awk' (Bob Hawke)

Robert James Lee Hawke AC GCL was Australia’s 23rd prime minister, from March 1983 to December 1991. He is the longest-serving Labor prime minister.

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of HOTA (Home of the Arts), Gold Coast 2019 with the encouragement of Patrick Corrigan AM
Accession number: 2019.16
Currently on display in Gallery One (Marilyn Darling Gallery)
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Some prime ministers

Sarah Engledow explores the history of the prime ministers and artists featured in the exhibition.

Bob Hawke, 2012 by Luke Cornish
Bob Hawke, 2012 by Luke Cornish
Bob Hawke, 2012 by Luke Cornish
Exhibition

Primed

Some Prime Ministers
from Saturday 14 September 2019 until Monday 9 March 2020

Seventeen of Australia’s thirty prime ministers to date are represented in the contrasting sizes, moods and mediums of these portraits.

Entry is free.
More about the artist and subject
Frank Hinder (age 66 in 1972)
Bob Hawke (age 43 in 1972)
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