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Sauvages Des Montagnes-Bleues from de Freycinet, Louis - Voyage autour du monde, Paris
Sauvages Des Montagnes-Bleues from de Freycinet, Louis - Voyage autour du monde, Paris
Sauvages Des Montagnes-Bleues from de Freycinet, Louis - Voyage autour du monde, Paris
Forget after Alphonse Pellion

Sauvages Des Montagnes-Bleues from de Freycinet, Louis - Voyage autour du monde, Paris, c. 1822

Portrait, engraving on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Ted and Gina Gregg 2012

Louis-Antoine, Comte de Bougainville
Louis-Antoine, Comte de Bougainville
Louis-Antoine, Comte de Bougainville
Forget

Louis-Antoine, Comte de Bougainville, c. 1825

Portrait, stipple engraving on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2015

Jimmy and Jane Barnes
Jimmy and Jane Barnes
Jimmy and Jane Barnes
Jesse Lizotte

Jimmy and Jane Barnes, 2020

Portrait, inkjet print on paper

Purchased 2021

Wenten Rubuntja
Wenten Rubuntja
Wenten Rubuntja
Greg Weight

Wenten Rubuntja, 1998

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Gift of Patrick Corrigan AM 2004. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Wenten Rubuntja
Wenten Rubuntja
Wenten Rubuntja
Greg Weight

Wenten Rubuntja, 2001

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Gift of Patrick Corrigan AM 2004. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Gillian Armstrong
Gillian Armstrong
Gillian Armstrong
Stuart Campbell

Gillian Armstrong, 1985

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the Estate of Stuart Campbell 2012

The companion

The Companion

Permanent collection catalogue
Publications

On one level The Companion talks about the most famous and frontline Australians, but on another it tells us about ourselves.

Wenten Rubuntja

Wenten Rubuntja AM

Biography

Wenten Rubuntja AM (1923–2005) was an Arrernte law man, committee and board member, artist, historian, storyteller and intermediary.

2 portraits in the collection

Fiona McMonagle. Duration: 5 minutes

Fiona McMonagle

Contributing artists

Born: 1977, Letterkenny, Ireland
Works: Melbourne

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Mark Mohell

Biography

Mark Mohell has been Image Services Manager at the National Portrait Gallery, Canberra since 2010.

1 portrait in the collection

After Jack

Jenny Sages

Biography

Jenny Sages (b. 1933), artist, was born to Russian Jewish parents in Shanghai and came to Australia with her family in 1948.

34 portraits in the collection

Michael Cook Walkabout 2025

World building

National Photographic Portrait Prize 2026

Discover how artists use photography to explore their imagination.

by Harold David The Honourable Bob Hawke savouring a strawberry milkshake, 2017

The intellectual larrikin

Magazine article by Barrie Cassidy, 2019

Barrie Cassidy pays textured tribute to the inimitable Bob Hawke.

by Adrian Brown Stockyards, 2011

Adrian Brown

NPPP 2012 learning resource

An interview with the photographer.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Circle of Friends
CommBank Matildas Clare Wheeler, Courtney Nevin, Teagan Micah, Clare Hunt, artist Angela Tiatia and National Portrait Gallery Director Bree Pickering.

National Portrait Gallery commissions major new video portrait of the CommBank Matildas FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023™ Squad

3 June 2025
Media

CommBank Matildas players Clare Hunt, Clare Wheeler, Courtney Nevin and Teagan Micah joined National Portrait Gallery Director Bree Pickering today to announce a major new video portrait of all 23 players from the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023™ Final Squad.

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