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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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Tom Bass

Tom Bass

In their own words

In their own words

Recorded 1965

Tom Bass

Tom Bass

Tom Bass

Tom Bass, 1996

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

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

Mark and Nick Seymour

Nick Seymour

Nick Seymour (b. 1958), bass guitarist, grew up playing music with his brother and sisters.

2 portraits in the collection

Voyage de Découvertes aux Terres Australes folio atlas (second edition)

Bidgee Bidgee

Bidgee Bidgee (c. 1787–c. 1837), a leader of the Burramattagal clan of the Dharug people, joined a number of sealing and whaling voyages to Bass Strait in the early 1800s, and acted as a tracker to an 1816 expedition aimed at quelling attacks against settlers in west and north-west Sydney.

1 portrait in the collection

Moonbird boy, 2009 by Matthew Newton

Moonbird boy, 2009

by Matthew Newton

John Schank Esq. RN

John Schank

John Schank (1740–1823), naval officer, joined the Royal Navy at age 17, having served in the merchant service as a boy.

1 portrait in the collection

Captain Matthew Flinders RN

Captain Matthew Flinders

Matthew Flinders (1774–1814), was one of the world’s most accomplished navigators.

2 portraits in the collection

Fanny Jane Marlay

Fanny Jane Marlay

Fanny Jane Marlay

Fanny Jane Marlay, c. 1841

an unknown artist

Portrait, watercolour on ivory

Purchased 2013

Oui-re-kine

Oui-re-kine

Oui-re-kine

Oui-re-kine, 1807-1817

Barthélemy Roger after Nicolas-Martin Petit

Portrait, engraving on paper

Purchased 2009

Captain John Lort Stokes

Captain John Lort Stokes

Captain John Lort Stokes

Captain John Lort Stokes, c. 1841

an unknown artist

Portrait, watercolour on ivory

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2013

Truggernana [Trukanini], a native of southern part of V.D. Land

Truggernana [Trukanini], a native of southern part of V.D. Land

Truggernana [Trukanini], a native of southern part of V.D. Land

Truggernana [Trukanini], a native of southern part of V.D. Land, 1835

Benjamin Duterrau

Portrait, etching, printed in black ink from one copper plate on paper

Purchased with funds provided by The Ian Potter Foundation 2009

Woureddy [Wurati], a wild native of Brune Island

Woureddy [Wurati], a wild native of Brune Island

Woureddy [Wurati], a wild native of Brune Island

Woureddy [Wurati], a wild native of Brune Island, 1835

Benjamin Duterrau

Portrait, etching, printed in black ink from one copper plate on paper

Purchased with funds provided by The Ian Potter Foundation 2009

Voyage de Découvertes aux Terres Australes folio atlas (second edition)

Voyage de Découvertes aux Terres Australes folio atlas (second edition)

Voyage de Découvertes aux Terres Australes folio atlas (second edition)

Voyage de Découvertes aux Terres Australes folio atlas (second edition), 1824

Francois Peron, Louis de Freycinet, Nicolas-Martin Petit

Portrait, leather bound volume containing a double-page map of Australia, seven full-page charts, two double-page views, 27 hand-coloured engraving plates and 31 uncoloured engraving plates

Purchased 2017

Edward Henty

Edward Henty

Edward Henty

Edward Henty, late 19th century

an unknown artist

Portrait, oil on canvas

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Tim Clark 2018

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Ricky Maynard

Ricky Maynard (b. 1953) is an Indigenous Tasmanian photographer. He is best known for his Tasmanian photographic essays The Moonbird People (1985–1988) and Portrait of a Distant Land (2005), made while he was living and working on Flinders Island in the Bass Strait.

1 portrait in the collection

Head studies: Preparatory study for 'Nothing's as precious as a hole in the ground'

Head studies: Preparatory study for 'Nothing's as precious as a hole in the ground'

Head studies: Preparatory study for 'Nothing's as precious as a hole in the ground'

Head studies: Preparatory study for 'Nothing's as precious as a hole in the ground', 2001

Portrait, pencil on paper

Commissioned with funds from the Basil Bressler Bequest 2001

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