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Gary Heery
Olivia Newton-John, 1978 (printed 2017)
Portrait, inkjet print on paper
Purchased 2017
Olivia Newton-John AC DBE
Biography
Olivia Newton-John AC DBE (1948-2022) came to Australia as a five-year-old with her father, Brin Newton John, who had worked on the Enigma project at Bletchley, and her mother, Irene Born, who was the daughter of Nobel Prize-winning physicist Max Born.
1 portrait in the collection
Robin Sellick
Bert Newton, 2006
Portrait, inkjet print on paper
Gift of the artist 2006
![John Mitchel with John Martin and Father John Kenyon [the three Johns]](/files/e/4/6/6/i14565-sl.jpg "John Mitchel with John Martin and Father John Kenyon [the three Johns]")
![John Mitchel with John Martin and Father John Kenyon [the three Johns]](/files/e/4/6/6/i14565-ths.jpg "John Mitchel with John Martin and Father John Kenyon [the three Johns]")
Edouard Gatel
John Mitchel with John Martin and Father John Kenyon [the three Johns], 1866
Portrait, carte de visite photograph
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2016
Max Newton
Ross Edwards, 1971
Portrait, watercolour and ink on paper
Gift of John F Newton 2026
John Williams
John Laws, 1981
Portrait, montage of gelatin silver photographs
Purchased 1999
John Buchanan Smith
John Roper, 1860s
Portrait, carte de visite photograph
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of John Sandefur 2019
John Elliott
John Williamson, Springbrook, Qld, 2004
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2005
John Spooner
John Cargher holding a long play record, c. 1986
Portrait, pen and ink and brush and ink on paper laid on cardboard
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2009
an unknown artist
John Burton, 1951
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Mr and Mrs John Burton 2007
Power suits
The fit within the frame
Exhibition
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Achille Simonetti
John Fairfax, 1875
Portrait, carrara marble on scagliola column
Gift of John Fairfax Holdings Ltd 2002. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Helmut Newton
Janice Wakely, 1959
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Janice McIllree 2007
Charles Summers
John Fairfax, 1873
Portrait, carrara marble
Gift of John Fairfax Holdings Ltd 2002. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Paul Newton
David Campese II, 2000
Portrait, oil on canvas
Purchased with funds provided by the Basil Bressler Bequest 2001
Paul Newton
Portrait of David Gonski AC, 2012
Portrait, oil on linen
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2013
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program