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Kate Gollings
Sir Albert Victor Jennings, 1984 (printed 2001)
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph, selenium toned on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased with funds provided by Marilyn Darling AC 2001
Sir Albert Victor Jennings KT CR
Biography
Sir Albert Victor Jennings Kt.cr. (1897-1993) pioneered mass-produced and mass-marketed housing in Australia.
1 portrait in the collection
Ian Jennings
Lee Kernaghan near Broken Hill, 2005
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2008
Ian Jennings
Biography
Ian Jennings was born in New Zealand and is currently based in France.
1 portrait in the collection
Lina Bryans
Portrait of Alan Marshall, 1955
Portrait, oil on cardboard
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 1999
Sir William John Lyne
Biography
Sir William John Lyne (1844-1913), politician, was a Premier of New South Wales and a minister in the first Australian parliament.
1 portrait in the collection
Some women you may not know
Alison Alder
‘Everybody’s lives are built by so many influences, and for me, it is writers, artists and activists who have influenced how I think about the world.’
Mental as everything
Magazine article by Diana Warnes, 2006
Chris O'Doherty, also known as Reg Mombassa, is best-known for his Mambo imagery but he also paints a lot of self portraits.
The activist A-list
Magazine article by Dr Sarah Engledow, 2007
Dr Sarah Engledow examines a number of figures in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery who were pioneers or substantial supporters of the seminal Australian environmental campaigns of the early 1970s and 1980s.
Great Experimentations
Magazine article by Rebecca Harkins-Cross, 2025
Rebecca Harkins-Cross considers Carol Jerrems’ portraiture against the backdrop of social change in the 1970s.
Uncommon Australians
The vision of Gordon and Marilyn Darling
Previous exhibition, 2015
This exhibition showcases portraits acquired through the generosity of the National Portrait Gallery’s Founding Patrons, L Gordon Darling AC CMG and Marilyn Darling AC.
Australian of the Year
Inspiring a Nation
Previous exhibition, 2010
The Australian of the Year Awards have often provoked controversy about who is selected and whether their achievements are remarkable.
The personal and the historical
About Face article
Where do we draw a line between the personal and the historical? Although she died in Melbourne in 1975, when I was not quite eleven years old, I have the vividest memories of my maternal grandmother Helen Borthwick.