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The National Portrait Gallery acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of Country throughout Australia and recognises the continuing connection to lands, waters and communities. We pay our respect to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures and to Elders both past and present.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are warned that this website contains images of deceased persons.

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Wolfgang Sievers

Dean Dixon, 1962

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Gift of an anonymous donor 2010

Dean Dixon, Chatswood, Sydney
Dean Dixon, Chatswood, Sydney
Dean Dixon, Chatswood, Sydney
David Moore

Dean Dixon, Chatswood, Sydney, 1965 (printed 2000)

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2001. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
The series 'David Moore: From Face to Face' was acquired as a gift of the artist and with financial assistance from Timothy Fairfax AC and L Gordon Darling AC CMG 2001.

Chicka Dixon
Chicka Dixon
Chicka Dixon
Juno Gemes

Chicka Dixon, 1980

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Gift of the artist 2004. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Kelly Dixon, Tent Hill, Qld
Kelly Dixon, Tent Hill, Qld
Kelly Dixon, Tent Hill, Qld
John Elliott

Kelly Dixon, Tent Hill, Qld, 2004

Portrait, type C photograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2005

Chicka Dixon

Chicka Dixon

Biography

Charles ‘Chicka’ Dixon (1928–2010), Yuin Elder, Aboriginal rights activist and social pioneer, was born at Wallaga Lake on the New South Wales south coast.

1 portrait in the collection

Kenneth Gillespie
Kenneth Gillespie
Kenneth Gillespie
Dean Beletich

Kenneth Gillespie, 2005

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph, selenium toned on paper

Purchased 2015

Sir Gustav Nossal
Sir Gustav Nossal
Sir Gustav Nossal
Dean Home

Sir Gustav Nossal, 2004

Portrait, oil on board

Purchased with funds provided by Karen McLeod Adair and Anthony Adair 2004

Kelly Dixon, Tent Hill, Qld

Kelly Dixon

Biography

Kelly Dixon is one of Australia's best-known bush balladeers. His poems have been set to music by some of Australia's leading country music stars - including Slim Dusty, who recorded Kelly's classic "Leave Him Out There in the Longyard." Kelly's verses have been collected in the books From a Drifter's Pen and From Under the Cross.

1 portrait in the collection

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Francis Reiss, June Orford, Tim Ainsworth

The Godfrey family of Melways guides, 2009

Portrait, inkjet print on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2009

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Dean Home

Biography

Dean Home was born in Busselton, south-west Western Australia. He obtained a Bachelor of Art Degree from Curtin University in 1981, and a Diploma of Education some years later.

1 portrait in the collection

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Dean Godfrey

Biography

Mervyn Godfrey OAM (1924-2013), Dean Godfrey (b. 1970), David Godfrey (b.

1 portrait in the collection

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Dean Beletich

Biography

Dean Beletich (b. 1968), artist and photographer, studied at Newcastle Art School, the National Art School Sydney and the University of Newcastle from 1987 to 1991.

1 portrait in the collection

George Burarrwanga, Warumpi Band
George Burarrwanga, Warumpi Band
George Burarrwanga, Warumpi Band
Juno Gemes

George Burarrwanga, Warumpi Band, 1984 (printed 2021)

Portrait, inkjet print on paper

Purchased 2021

Zelman Cowen
Zelman Cowen
Zelman Cowen
Ray Crooke AM

Zelman Cowen, c. 1977

Portrait, pencil and oil on canvas laid on chipboard

Gift of David Crooke 2011. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

The hoodie
The hoodie
The hoodie
Jacob Nash

The hoodie, 2021 (printed 2023)

Portrait, pigment print on paper

Purchased with funds provided by Wayne Williams 2023

Sir Zelman Cowen
Sir Zelman Cowen
Sir Zelman Cowen
Andrew Sibley

Sir Zelman Cowen, 1982

Portrait, pencil, brush and ink on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2010
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program

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The National Portrait Gallery acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of Country throughout Australia and recognises the continuing connection to lands, waters and communities. We pay our respect to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures and to Elders past and present. We respectfully advise that this site includes works by, images of, names of, voices of and references to deceased people.

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