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Australian Aboriginal Cricketers, 1867
Patrick Dawson
Portrait, albumen silver photograph on original lithograph title sheet
Purchased with funds provided by L Gordon Darling AC CMG 2009
Dick Smith
Biography
Dick Smith (b. 1944), businessman, aviator, film-maker and explorer, developed interests in radio and the bush as a boy.
2 portraits in the collection
Dr Dick Quan, 2000
Lindy Lee AO
Portrait, diptych: synthetic polymer paint, oil wax, photocopy on paper on board laid on aluminium
Gift of Dr Dick Quan 2026. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program
Dick Düsseldorp, 1991 (printed 2018)
Gary Ede
Portrait, inkjet print on paper
Purchased 2018
Dick Smith, 1999 (printed 2012)
Rob Tuckwell
Portrait, inkjet print on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2012
Dick Dusseldorp, Lend Lease,
Joe Greenberg
Portrait, watercolour, crayon, coloured pencil, fibre-tipped pen and gouache on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2001
Dick Smith, Sydney, 2000 (printed 2004)
John Elliott
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2005
Study for portrait of Sir Rupert 'Dick" Hamer', 2009
Lewis Miller
Portrait, oil on linen
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Sir Andrew Grimwade CBE 2018
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program
Untitled self portrait, 2020
Abdul Abdullah
Portrait, oil and aerosol on linen
Gift of Dr Dick Quan. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program 2026.
Major Donors
$50,000+
Honour board
2026
Portrait Donors
George Milpurrurru
Biography
George Milpurrurru (1934-1998), Ganalbingu (Yolgnu) painter, was one of the most important bark painters of the twentieth century.
1 portrait in the collection
Roderick Shaw
Biography
Roderick Shaw (1915-1992) is perhaps best known for his worker paintings of the social realist school, such as Cable Layers (in the Art Gallery of NSW).
2 portraits in the collection
Thanacoupie
Biography
Thanacoupie AO (1937–2011), ceramic artist, community worker, elder, and spokesperson, grew up as Gloria Fletcher in North Queensland.
1 portrait in the collection
Frank Wootton, c. 1908
Sir Leslie Ward, Hentschel-Colourtype, Vanity Fair Magazine
Portrait, chromolithograph on paper
Gift of Ronald A Walker 2009. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Thanacoupie, 1981
Juno Gemes
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph, selenium toned on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2004