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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.

Kevin Weldon
Kevin Weldon
Kevin Weldon
Graeme Inson

Kevin Weldon, 1978

Portrait, oil on canvas

Gift of Kevin Weldon 2012

Kevin Weldon

Kevin Weldon AM

Biography

Kevin Weldon (1933-2023), businessman and philanthropist, spent his early years in Ingham in far north Queensland, where his father ran a car dealership.

1 portrait in the collection

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Evelyn Kirwan

Kevin Gilbert, 1972

Portrait, oil on canvas

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2013

Kevin Butler
Kevin Butler
Kevin Butler
Penny Tweedie

Kevin Butler, c. 2000

Portrait, type C photograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2004

Kevin Connor
Kevin Connor
Kevin Connor
Greg Weight

Kevin Connor, 1991

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

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

Kevin Gilbert and Joe in discussion outside Anti-Bicentennial and Treaty Meeting Balmain Town Hall, Sydney
Kevin Gilbert and Joe in discussion outside Anti-Bicentennial and Treaty Meeting Balmain Town Hall, Sydney
Kevin Gilbert and Joe in discussion outside Anti-Bicentennial and Treaty Meeting Balmain Town Hall, Sydney
Juno Gemes

Kevin Gilbert and Joe in discussion outside Anti-Bicentennial and Treaty Meeting Balmain Town Hall, Sydney, 1987

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Gift of the artist 2010

Kevin Gilbert and Joe in discussion outside Anti-Bicentennial and Treaty Meeting Balmain Town Hall, Sydney

Kevin Gilbert

Biography

Kevin Gilbert (1933-1993), Indigenous activist, writer and artist, wrote the first play by an Aboriginal person to be publicly performed in Australia.

2 portraits in the collection

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Mary Edwards

Miniature – Self-portrait, c.1915

Portrait, watercolour on ivory

Gift of Ross Wellings in memory of Kevin Wellings and Tom Terry 2026

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The Hon. Dr Kevin Rudd

Biography
Pro Hart & Associates
Pro Hart & Associates
Pro Hart & Associates
Nick Young

Pro Hart & Associates, 2004

Portrait, oil on canvas

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2004

Rick Carey, WA
Rick Carey, WA
Rick Carey, WA
John Elliott

Rick Carey, WA, 1998 (printed 2004)

Portrait, type C photograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2005

Lee Kernaghan near Broken Hill
Lee Kernaghan near Broken Hill
Lee Kernaghan near Broken Hill
Ian Jennings

Lee Kernaghan near Broken Hill, 2005

Portrait, type C photograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2008

Julia Gillard
Julia Gillard
Julia Gillard
Peter Brew-Bevan

Julia Gillard, 2013

Portrait, type C photograph on paper

Gift of the artist 2013

Dillon Kombumerri
Dillon Kombumerri
Dillon Kombumerri
Penny Tweedie

Dillon Kombumerri, c. 2000

Portrait, type C photograph on paper

Gift of the artist 2004

Discussion between Bob Hawke and Yunupingu, Burunga Festival, Northern Territory
Discussion between Bob Hawke and Yunupingu, Burunga Festival, Northern Territory
Discussion between Bob Hawke and Yunupingu, Burunga Festival, Northern Territory
Sue Ford

Discussion between Bob Hawke and Yunupingu, Burunga Festival, Northern Territory, 1988 (printed 2015)

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Purchased 2015

Kevin Rudd

An Australian story

Magazine article by The Hon. Dr Kevin Rudd, 2009

In his speech launching the new National Portrait Gallery building on 3 December 2008, then Prime Minister Kevin Rudd set the Gallery in a national and historical context.

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