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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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Events

The Witching Hour - Elena Kats-Chernin

Adventures in Portraiture!

Visual Arts (lower primary)

Event, Selected days until Tuesday 24 November

Join us for an interactive and engaging program designed to equip your students with the confidence and tools to explore and interpret portraits.

Marcia Langton

Portrait Quest!

Civics and Citizenship (upper primary)

Event, Selected days until Thursday 12 November

Join us for an interactive, curriculum-aligned program that explores the lives and contributions of significant Australians.

Dr John Yu

Portrait Exploration: Art and Identity

Visual Arts (upper primary)

Event, Selected days until Thursday 5 November

Join us for an engaging and interactive program tailored for upper primary students, where they’ll develop the confidence and critical thinking skills to interpret portraits.

An evening at Yarra Cottage, Port Stephens

Portrait Journey around Australia

History (upper primary)

Event, Selected days until Thursday 19 November

From First Nations perspectives to the contribution of migrants, from the opening of Parliament to environmental protest, Australian history is full of fascinating stories – and we have the portraits to explore them.

Ngayulu Minyma Tjanpinya, I am a Tjanpi Woman

Heroes on Country

First Nations (upper primary)

Event, Selected days from Thursday 30 July

Discover portraits of and by First Nations people and explore the rich cultural perspectives of storytelling through art.

Louise Sauvage

Power of Portrait Photography

Event, Selected days from Thursday 3 September

Join us for an engaging and interactive program tailored for upper primary students, where they will build critical thinking skills to interpret photographic portraits.

Dr Lilly Brown

50 Years of Deadly

Visual Arts & First Nations (high school)

Event, Available until April 2027

Join Dr Lilly Brown from Shifting Ground as she guides high school students through a series of powerful portrait explorations inspired by the 2026 NAIDOC theme: 50 Years of Deadly.

National Portrait Gallery presenter Nici and special guest David Lampard

Everyday Scientists

Event, Selected days from Thursday 13 August

Join the National Portrait Gallery for a special National Science Week online session designed for Years 4–8, where art, history and hands-on science experiments come together.

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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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