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Thea Anamara Perkins
Rachel, 2021
Portrait, synthetic polymer paint on gessoboard
Purchased 2022
Robert McFarlane
Charles Perkins with Eileen Perkins, 1964 (printed 2021)
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Purchased with funds provided by Tim Bednall 2021
Rachel Perkins
Biography
Arrernte/Kalkadoon woman Rachel Perkins (b. 1970) is the daughter of First Nations activists Eileen and Charlie Perkins.
1 portrait in the collection
Robert McFarlane
Charles Perkins on bus to Tranby Aboriginal College, Glebe, c. 1964 (printed 2015)
Portrait, inkjet print on paper
Purchased 1999
Frank Hinder
Charles Perkins, 1974
Portrait, fibre-tipped pen, watercolour on paper
Gift of HOTA (Home of the Arts), Gold Coast 2019 with the encouragement of Patrick Corrigan AM
Juno Gemes
Kumantjayi Perkins at the Roma Forum, Brisbane, 1982
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Gift of the artist 2004. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Robert McFarlane
Charles Perkins on bus to Tranby Aboriginal College, Glebe, c. 1964 (printed 2003)
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Gift of Patrick Corrigan AM 2013. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Adelaide Perry
Rachel Roxburgh, 1939
Portrait, oil on canvas
Purchased 2018
Karin Catt
Rachel Griffiths, 2002 (printed 2004)
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2005
Peter Brew-Bevan
Rachel Ward and Bryan Brown, 2006 (printed 2020)
Portrait, inkjet print on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2020
Michael Riley
Charles and Adam, 1990 (printed 2013)
Portrait, inkjet print on paper
Purchased 2013
Michael Riley
Hetti, 1990 (printed 2013)
Portrait, inkjet print on paper
Purchased 2013
Adam Perkins
Biography
Adam Perkins, an Arrernte and Kalkadoon man, is the son of Indigenous rights campaigner and bureaucrat Charles Perkins AO.
1 portrait in the collection
Mervyn Bishop
Aden Ridgeway & pallbearers entering Sydney Town Hall, State Funeral for Kwementyaye Perkins AO, 25th October 2000, 2000
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Purchased 2001
Thea Anamara Perkins
Biography
Thea Anamara Perkins (b. 1992) is an Arrernte/Kalkadoon artist whose practice incorporates portraiture and landscape to depict authentic representations of First Nations peoples and Country.
1 portrait in the collection
Eileen Perkins
Biography
Eileen Perkins is a descendant of one of Adelaide's prominent German Lutheran families.
1 portrait in the collection