Robert James Lee Hawke AC GCL (1929-2019) was Australia’s 23rd prime minister, from March 1983 to December 1991. Hawke remains the longest-serving Labor prime minister in Australia's history.
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of HOTA (Home of the Arts), Gold Coast 2019 with the encouragement of Patrick Corrigan AM
© Enid Hawkins (nee Hinder)
HOTA (Home of the Arts) (9 portraits)
On one level The Companion talks about the most famous and frontline Australians, but on another it tells us about ourselves: who we read, who we watch, who we listen to, who we cheer for, who we aspire to be, and who we'll never forget. The Companion is available to buy online and in the Portrait Gallery Store.
Barrie Cassidy pays textured tribute to the inimitable Bob Hawke.
Seventeen of Australia’s thirty prime ministers to date are represented in the contrasting sizes, moods and mediums of these portraits.
