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Judy Cassab AO CBE
Portrait of Brenda Niall, 1997
Portrait, oil on canvas laid on composition board
Gift of Dr Brenda Niall AO 2019. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Dr Brenda Niall AO
Biography
Brenda Niall AO (b. 1930), writer, academic and reviewer, is one of Australia's foremost biographers.
1 portrait in the collection
Brenda L Croft, Prue Hazelgrove, Richard Crampton
blood/memory: Brenda & Christopher I (Gurindji/Malngin/Mudburra; Mara/Ngarrindjeri/Ritharrngu; Anglo-Australian/Chinese/German/Irish/Scottish) 2021, 2022 (printed 2023)
Portrait, original wet plate collodion process tintype, digital scan to Ultrachrome pigment on paper
Purchased 2023
Michael Riley
Joe and Brenda, 1990 (printed 2013)
Portrait, inkjet print on paper
Purchased 2013
Brenda L Croft, Prue Hazelgrove
Men of High Degree: Jim Everett – puralia meenamatta (clan plangermairreenner, Ben Lomond people, Cape Portland nation, north-east Tasmania), 2023
Portrait, original wet plate collodion process tintype, pigment photographic print on paper
Gift of the artist 2025. Donated through the Australian Cultural Gifts Program by Brenda L Croft in memory of Trugernanner (Truganini) and Tarenorerer (Walyer).
Brenda L Croft
Russell Page in Venice, 1997
Portrait, triptych of type C photographs on paper
Purchased 2002
Brenda L Croft, Prue Hazelgrove, Richard Crampton
Matilda (Ngambri), 2020
Portrait, dye sublimation print on aluminium from tintype on paper
Purchased with funds provided by The Calvert-Jones Foundation 2020
Brenda L Croft, Prue Hazelgrove, Richard Crampton
Men of High Degree: Kev Carmody (Bundjalung/Lama Lama Peoples), 2023
Portrait, original wet plate collodion process tintype, digital scan to Ultrachrome pigment on paper
Purchased 2023
Brenda L Croft and Dr Matilda House
In Conversation
General content
Brenda L Croft (Gurindji/Malngin/Mudburra peoples) talks with Ngambri/Ngunnawal/Wiradjuri elder, Dr Matilda House, about her photographic portrait.
Brenda L Croft
Biography
Artist, curator, lecturer and writer, Brenda L. Croft (born 1964) is from the Gurindji/Malngin/Mudburra peoples from the Victoria River region in the Northern Territory, and also has Anglo-Australian/German/Irish/Chinese/Scottish heritage.
6 portraits in the collection
Michael Riley's portraits
Portrait story
Linda Burney, Brenda Croft and Darrell Sibosado share memories of Michael Riley and his photographic practice.
Observation point
Magazine article by Brenda L Croft, 2022
I have known Dr Aunty Matilda House, Ngambri Elder, Traditional Custodian and Cultural Knowledge Holder, since I was a child.
2019
Portrait Donors
Ethel Turner
Biography
Ethel Turner (1870-1958), writer, came to Australia with her twice-widowed mother at the age of nine.
1 portrait in the collection
2025
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