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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.

Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Gerard Smith, Governor of Western Australia
Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Gerard Smith, Governor of Western Australia
Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Gerard Smith, Governor of Western Australia

Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Gerard Smith, Governor of Western Australia, c. 1890

an unknown artist
Portrait, albumen silver photograph on cabinet card

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2015

Robin Boyd

Robin Boyd

In their own words
In their own words

Recorded 1962

Robin Boyd
Robin Boyd
Robin Boyd

Robin Boyd, 1970

Mark Strizic
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased with funds provided by Sir Roderick Carnegie 2003

In reverence of comedic wisdom – Gerard Lee, 2023 Surya Bajracharya

In reverence of comedic wisdom – Gerard Lee

Surya Bajracharya
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The Wobbly Wizard - Isolation Portrait, 2020 Suzanne Phoenix

The Wobbly Wizard - Isolation Portrait

Suzanne Phoenix
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Portrait of TERROIR, 2009 by Brett Boardman

TERROIR

General content

TERROIR directors Gerard Reinmuth, Scott Balmforth and Richard Blythe believe that the practice of architecture is the production of knowledge.

Tom Roberts
Tom Roberts
Tom Roberts

Tom Roberts, 1920

Alice Mills
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Gift of Gerard Vaughan 2001

image not online

Icons Syndicate

Listed alphabetically
Honour board
Maria Kozic and Philip Brophy 1, 1981
Maria Kozic and Philip Brophy 1, 1981
Maria Kozic and Philip Brophy 1, 1981

Maria Kozic and Philip Brophy 1, 1981, 1981 (printed 2012)

Robert Rooney
Portrait, inkjet print on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2012

William Nuttall with horses in field, 2023 Noel McKenna

Darling Portrait Prize 2024

Previous exhibition, 2024

The Darling Portrait Prize is a biennial national prize for Australian portrait painting honouring the legacy of Mr L Gordon Darling AC CMG.

Karen Gillan, 2010

Hot Scots

Magazine article by Christopher Baker, 2013

James Holloway describes the first portraits you encounter when entering the Scottish National Portrait Gallery.

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