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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.

George Reid paperweight

Sir George Houston Reid GCB GCMG KC

Biography

Sir George Houstoun Reid GCB GCMG KC (1845-1918) was Australian prime minister from August 1904 to July 1905.

3 portraits in the collection

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Geoffrey Tozer

Biography

Geoffrey Tozer (1954-2009), pianist, achieved national fame as a child prodigy in the 1960s.

1 portrait in the collection

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John Citizen

Biography

John Citizen is the artistic alter ego of Australian artist Gordon Bennett (1955-2014), painter and multi-media artist, addressed issues of identity and power in a postcolonial context.

1 portrait in the collection

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Matthÿs Gerber

Biography

Matthÿs Gerber (b. 1956), artist and academic, moved to Sydney from the Netherlands at the age of sixteen in 1971.

4 portraits in the collection

Margaret Preston

Margaret Preston

Biography

Margaret Preston (1875-1963) trained at the NGV School and the Adelaide School of Design before leasing a studio and beginning to teach in Adelaide.

1 portrait in the collection

Phillip Gudthaykudthay

Phillip Gudthaykudthay

Biography

Philip Gudthaykudthay (b. 1935) Liyagalawumirr (Yolgnu) bark painter, worked as a young man as a stockman, fencer and crocodile hunter around Milingimbi and Ramingining.

1 portrait in the collection

Bernard Smith

Bernard Smith

Biography

Bernard Smith (1916-2011) was one of Australia's most important twentieth-century art historians and an influential cultural commentator.

2 portraits in the collection

Malcolm Fraser

Rt. Hon. Malcolm Fraser AC CH

Biography

The Rt. Hon John Malcolm Fraser AC CH PC (1930-2015) was Prime Minister of Australia from 1975 to 1983.

5 portraits in the collection

Reko Rennie

Reko Rennie

Biography

Reko Rennie (b. 1974) is a Kamilaroi/Gamilaraay/Gummaroi artist living and working in Melbourne.

2 portraits in the collection

Paddy Jaminji

Paddy Jaminji (Jampin)

Biography

Paddy Jaminji (Jampin) (1912-1996), Kija visual artist, spent much of his life in and around his country near Bedford Downs station in WA.

1 portrait in the collection

Peter Thomson

Peter Thomson AO MBE CBE

Biography

Peter Thomson AO MBE CBE (1929-2018), professional golfer, began to play the game at the age of 12.

2 portraits in the collection

George Rose

George Rose

Biography

George Rose, joint Secretary of the British Treasury at the time of the First Fleet, joined the civil service after leaving the Royal Navy in 1762.

1 portrait in the collection

Clyde Cameron

Clyde Cameron

Biography

Clyde Cameron (1913-2008), Labor politician and historian, worked as a shearer and union organizer before serving as a Member for Hindmarsh between 1949 and 1980.

1 portrait in the collection

Gavin Campbell

Gavin Campbell

Biography

Gavin Campbell (b. 1935) was the first managing director and chief executive officer of the Australian Stock Exchange, brought in in late 1988 to manage the federation of the six exchanges, cutting costs, trimming staff and centralising operations.

1 portrait in the collection

Henry Mayer

Henry Mayer

Biography

Henry Mayer (1919-1991) was Professor of Government at Sydney University from the 1960s to 1980s.

2 portraits in the collection

William Beckwith McInnes

W B McInnes

Biography

William Beckwith (Bill) McInnes (1889–1939), artist, was only fourteen when he began studying drawing under Frederick McCubbin at the National Gallery School in Melbourne, before moving to painting.

5 portraits in the collection

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