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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.

Dame Margaret Scott
Dame Margaret Scott
Dame Margaret Scott
Kenneth Rowell AM

Dame Margaret Scott, 1949

Portrait, pen and ink, brush and ink and watercolour on paper

Gift of Professor Derek Denton AC and Dame Margaret Scott AC 2014. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Margaret Olley
Margaret Olley
Margaret Olley
Adam Knott

Margaret Olley, 1995

Portrait, type C photograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of The Hammond Care Group 1999

Rose Scott
Rose Scott
Rose Scott
Annie May Moore

Rose Scott, 1913

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2012

Dame Margaret Scott

Dame Margaret Scott AC DBE

Biography

Dame Margaret Scott AC DBE (1922-2019) ballerina and teacher, was scarred by her education in a Johannesburg convent boarding school and left her home on a Swaziland farm in 1939.

1 portrait in the collection

Bon Scott & Angus Young, Atlanta, Georgia
Bon Scott & Angus Young, Atlanta, Georgia
Bon Scott & Angus Young, Atlanta, Georgia
Rennie Ellis

Bon Scott & Angus Young, Atlanta, Georgia, 1978 (printed 2010)

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph, selenium toned on paper

Purchased 2010

Margaret Fulton
Margaret Fulton
Margaret Fulton
Lewis Morley

Margaret Fulton, 1980 (printed 2002)

Portrait, type C photograph on paper

Gift of the artist 2002. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Adam Scott: at Sanctuary Cove Golf Course
Adam Scott: at Sanctuary Cove Golf Course
Adam Scott: at Sanctuary Cove Golf Course
Robin Sellick

Adam Scott: at Sanctuary Cove Golf Course, 2006

Portrait, type C photograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2006

Margaret Robertson
Margaret Robertson
Margaret Robertson
an unknown artist

Margaret Robertson, c. 1852

Portrait, ambrotype, hand coloured

Gift of Fiona Turner (née Robertson) and John Robertson 2011. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Margaret Olley
Margaret Olley
Margaret Olley
Greg Weight

Margaret Olley, 1991

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

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

Margaret Whitlam
Margaret Whitlam
Margaret Whitlam
Sahlan Hayes

Margaret Whitlam, 2005

Portrait, type C photograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2006

Head study for portrait of Margaret Olley
Head study for portrait of Margaret Olley
Head study for portrait of Margaret Olley
Jeffrey Smart AO

Head study for portrait of Margaret Olley, 1994

Portrait, pencil on paper

Bequest of Nick Enright AM 2004

Margaret Preston
Margaret Preston
Margaret Preston
Harold Cazneaux

Margaret Preston, c. 1930

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Gift of Patrick Corrigan AM and Barbara Corrigan 2008. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Margaret Olley
Margaret Olley
Margaret Olley
Lewis Morley

Margaret Olley, 1998

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Gift of the artist 2003. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Margaret Robertson
Margaret Robertson
Margaret Robertson
Batchelder & O'Neill

Margaret Robertson, c. 1863

Portrait, albumen paper carte de visite

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Malcolm Robertson in memory of William Thomas Robertson 2018
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program

Margaret Court and Evonne Goolagong
Margaret Court and Evonne Goolagong
Margaret Court and Evonne Goolagong
Ern McQuillan OAM

Margaret Court and Evonne Goolagong, c. 1971

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2003

Portrait of Jawoyn Elder, Margaret Katherine
Portrait of Jawoyn Elder, Margaret Katherine
Portrait of Jawoyn Elder, Margaret Katherine
John Gollings

Portrait of Jawoyn Elder, Margaret Katherine, 2015

Portrait, inkjet print on paper

Gift of the artist 2017. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

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