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George Fetting
Oodgeroo of the Noonuccal Tribe, 1992 (printed 2009)
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Gift of the artist 2010
Juno Gemes
Oodgeroo Noonuccal at Moongalba, 1982
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph, selenium toned on paper
Purchased 2004
Juno Gemes
Oodgeroo Noonuccal at Moongalba Stradbroke Island (her sitting down place)1982, 1982
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Gift of the artist 2009
Mervyn Bishop
Kath Walker (Oodgeroo Noonuccal) and Lowitja O’Donoghue at the opening of the inaugural National Aboriginal Conference, Canberra, 1978 (printed 2014)
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Purchased 2015
Clif Peir
Kath Walker (Oodgeroo Noonuccal), 1965
Portrait, oil on board
Gift of Richard Brian Close, Githabul people, Woodenbong 2000. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Oodgeroo Noonuccal
Biography
Oodgeroo Noonuccal (1920–1993), formerly Kath Walker, was a Quandamooka woman, activist, poet, writer and educator.
5 portraits in the collection
Painting writing
Magazine article by Dr Sarah Engledow, 2007
Dr Sarah Engledow explores the portraits of writers held in the National Portrait Gallery's collection.
Brenda L Croft
Russell Page in Venice, 1997
Portrait, triptych of type C photographs on paper
Purchased 2002
Peter Brew-Bevan
Wesley Enoch and David McAllister, 2020
Portrait, inkjet print on paper
Purchased with funds provided by Alan Dodge AM and Neil Archibald 2021
George Fetting
Biography
George Fetting (b. 1964) is a Sydney-based photographer specialising in portrait, travel and editorial work.
8 portraits in the collection
Past present
Magazine article by Krysia Kitch, 2016
Krysia Kitch celebrates Oodgeroo Noonuccal.
Thread: Connecting stories and community
9 July 2026
Media
Thread: Connecting stories and community is a new exhibition resulting from a collaboration with Logan Art Gallery and artists and creatives from South-East Queensland.
Malcolm Williamson AO CBE
Biography
Malcolm Benjamin Graham Christopher Williamson AO CBE (1931–2003), composer, was born in Sydney, and was educated at Barker College, Hornsby, and then at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, where he studied piano and French horn as well as composition under Sir Eugene Goossens.
1 portrait in the collection
Activating the space
Magazine article by Sandra Phillips, 2020
Sandra Phillips on portraits of Indigenous activism from Cairns Art Gallery’s 2019 Queen’s Land Blak Portraiture exhibition.
Andrew Gaze, 2018
by George Fetting
General content
Commissioned with funds provided by Trent Birkett 2018
Wesley Enoch AM
Biography
Wesley Enoch AM (b. 1969) is a theatre director and playwright and was the director of the Sydney Festival from 2017 to 2021.
1 portrait in the collection