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Romance Was Born

'It feels how we imagined it'

Anna Plunkett and Luke Sales on forming Romance Was Born, and the inspiration behind their portrait by Samuel Hodge.

Romance Was Born

Romance Was Born

Romance Was Born

Romance Was Born, 2025

Portrait, photographic installation, collaged pigment prints, wallpaper

Commissioned with funds provided by Hayley Baillie 2025

Anna Frances Walker

Anna F. Walker

Anna Frances Walker (1830–1913), botanical artist and collector, was one of the thirteen children of Thomas Walker, a high-ranking colonial public servant, and his wife Anna Elizabeth, the daughter of merchant and landowner John Blaxland.

1 portrait in the collection

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Anna Sande

Anna Sande is a Victorian painter, photographer, curator and writer. With qualifications in art history and political science from the University of Melbourne, she was co-founder and joint co-ordinator of the Women's Art Register Extension Project, established at Carringbush Library in 1977 and now a substantial reference resource on women’s art work.

1 portrait in the collection

Anna Meares

Anna Meares OAM

Anna Meares OAM (b. 1983) is both the youngest Australian track cyclist and first Australian female track cyclist to win an Olympic gold medal.

1 portrait in the collection

Anna Volska

Anna Volska

Anna Volska (b. 1944), actor, came from Poland to Australia with her mother when she was seven.

1 portrait in the collection

Anna Meares

Anna Meares

In their own words

In their own words

Recorded 2018

The Capability, 2017 by Anna Sinclair

The Capability, 2017

by Anna Sinclair

Solitude, 2006 by Anna Osk Erlingsdottir

Solitude, 2006

by Anna Osk Erlingsdottir

My room, 2015 by Anna Sinclair

My room, 2015

by Anna Sinclair

Karl Fender, 2019 Anna Minardo

Karl Fender, 2019

Dom, 2023 Anna Weston

Dom

My father, 2021 Anna Gottlieb

My father

We make do in hard lockdown, 2020 Anna Kiparis

We make do in hard lockdown

Don Watson

Don Watson

Don Watson

Don Watson, 2002

Portrait, oil on canvas board

Gift of the artist 2004

Anna (Home for a Time), 2024 (Nur) Aishah Kenton, Anna Jourdant

Anna (Home for a Time)

(Nur) Aishah Kenton, Anna Jourdant

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