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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.

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Pam MacFarlane

Pamela MacFarlane was born in Dunedin, NZ and completed a Master's degree in Zoology at the University of Otago in the 1940s.

1 portrait in the collection

Sir Macfarlane Burnet

Sir Frank MacFarlane Burnet OM AK KBE

Sir Frank Macfarlane Burnet OM AK KBE (1899–1985), medical scientist, was awarded the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1960 for his work with Sir Peter Medawar on acquired immunological tolerance, paving the way for successful human organ transplants.

5 portraits in the collection

Sir Frank Macfarlane Burnet

Sir Frank Macfarlane Burnet

Sir Frank Macfarlane Burnet

Sir Frank Macfarlane Burnet, n.d.

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Gift of Danina Dupain Anderson 2021. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Sir John Eccles

Sir John Eccles

Sir John Eccles

Sir John Eccles, 1959

Portrait, pastel on paper

Gift of an anonymous donor 2007

Sir Macfarlane Burnet

Sir Macfarlane Burnet

Sir Macfarlane Burnet

Sir Macfarlane Burnet, late 1970s

Portrait, pen and ink on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 1998

Sir Macfarlane Burnet

Sir Macfarlane Burnet

Sir Macfarlane Burnet

Sir Macfarlane Burnet, late 1960s

Portrait, pen and ink on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 1998

Sir Macfarlane Burnet

Sir Macfarlane Burnet

Sir Macfarlane Burnet

Sir Macfarlane Burnet, 1968

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Purchased with funds provided by Sir Roderick Carnegie 2003

Sir Macfarlane Burnet

Sir Macfarlane Burnet

Sir Macfarlane Burnet

Sir Macfarlane Burnet, 1960-1961

Sir William Dargie CBE

Portrait, oil on composition board

Purchased 1999

Patrick White #1

Top of their game

Nobel Laureates

General content

Macfarlane Burnet and Patrick White

Sir Rod Carnegie

Sir Roderick Carnegie AC

Sir Roderick Carnegie (1933-2024) was the former chief executive, chairman and managing director of CRA Limited and chairman of Hudson Conway Limited, Adacel Technologies Limited and World Competitive Practices Pty Ltd.

1 portrait in the collection

Albert Namatjira

Sir William Dargie

A Ninetieth Birthday Tribute

Previous exhibition, 2002

As a tribute to Sir William Dargie's singular contribution to Australian art and cultural institutions, and on the occasion of his birthday, The Australian War Memorial, Parliament House and the National Portrait Gallery will mount exhibitions of his work between May and October

Sir Gustav Nossal

Sir Gustav Nossal

Sir Gustav Nossal

Sir Gustav Nossal, 2004

Portrait, oil on board

Purchased with funds provided by Karen McLeod Adair and Anthony Adair 2004

Sir Gustav Nossal

Sir Gustav Nossal

Sir Gustav Nossal

Sir Gustav Nossal, 1979 (printed 1981)

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Purchased with funds provided by the Basil Bressler Bequest 2003

Professor Peter Doherty

Australia and the Nobel Prize

Previous exhibition, 2003

This unique exhibition will give an insight into the private lives, pursuits and work of all the Nobel laureates associated with Australia

Dame Jean Macnamara

Dame Jean MacNamara DBE

Dame Jean Macnamara DBE (1899–1968), medical doctor and scientist, was involved in crucial research into poliomyelitis during the 1920s and 1930s.

1 portrait in the collection

Dame Jean Macnamara

Dame Jean Macnamara

Dame Jean Macnamara

Dame Jean Macnamara, c. 1930

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Gift of Merran Samuel (nee Connor) 2004. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

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