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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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Jack Charles

Jack Charles

Jack Charles (1943–2022) was a revered Wiradjuri, Boon Warrung, Dja Dja Wurrung, Woiwurrung and Yorta Yorta Elder, activist, actor, musician and artist.

1 portrait in the collection

Jack Charles

Jack Charles

In their own words

In their own words

Recorded 2022

Jack Charles

Jack Charles

Jack Charles

Jack Charles, 2011

Portrait, inkjet print on paper

Purchased 2013

Rod McNicol and Jack Charles

Rod McNicol and Jack Charles

'We're village elders on Smith Street'

Rod and Jack on the series of portraits they created together.

Rod McNicol

'Life and Times'

Echoing 19th-century photography, Rod McNicol's portraits give us a chance to look quietly at the human condition.

Sir Charles Kingsford Smith and Captain Charles Ulm

Sir Charles Kingsford Smith and Captain Charles Ulm

Sir Charles Kingsford Smith and Captain Charles Ulm

Sir Charles Kingsford Smith and Captain Charles Ulm, 1961

Sir William Dargie CBE

Portrait, oil on canvas

Gift of the Sydney Airports Corporation 2001

Sir Charles Kingsford Smith and Captain Charles Ulm

The Wonder Years

Magazine article by Sarah Hill, 2001

Sarah Hill introduces the portrait busts of Sir Charles Kingsford Smith and Captain Charles Ulm by Enid Fleming.

Jack Mundey

Jack Mundey AO

Jack Mundey AO (1929–2020), union activist, is credited with preventing the demolition of much of inner Sydney’s built heritage in the 1970s and 1980s.

3 portraits in the collection

Jack Thompson

Jack Thompson AM

Jack Thompson AM (b. 1940) is an actor and the face of the 1970s Australian film renaissance.

3 portraits in the collection

Jack Purtell

Jack Purtell

Jack Purtell (1921-2017), jockey, had his first ride at the age of fifteen.

1 portrait in the collection

Jack Brabham

Sir Jack Brabham OBE

Sir Jack Brabham OBE (1926-2014), racing car driver, was born in Hurstville, NSW, and studied mechanical engineering before working as a mechanic for the RAAF during WW2.

2 portraits in the collection

Jack Mundey

Jack Mundey

Jack Mundey

Jack Mundey, 1997

Portrait, type C photograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2007

Jack Thompson

Jack Thompson

Jack Thompson

Jack Thompson, 2013

Dr Julie Dowling

Portrait, synthetic polymer paint and red ochre on canvas

Purchased 2015

Jack, 2012 by Julie Sundberg

Jack, 2012

by Julie Sundberg

Jack Purtell

Jack Purtell

Jack Purtell

Jack Purtell, n.d.

Portrait, plasticine maquette

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the Frith family 2013

Jack Brabham

Jack Brabham

Jack Brabham

Jack Brabham, 2004

Portrait, cast bronze on granite plinth

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased with funds provided by L Gordon Darling AC CMG 2005

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