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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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Gamaliel Butler

Gamaliel Butler

Gamaliel Butler (1783–1852), lawyer and free settler, emigrated to Van Diemen’s Land in 1824 with his wife, Sarah (née Paine, 1787–1870).

2 portraits in the collection

Martha Sarah Butler

Martha Sarah Butler

Edward Paine Butler (1811-1849), lawyer, and his wife Martha Sarah Butler (née Asprey, 1811-1864), arrived in Van Diemen's Land in 1835.

1 portrait in the collection

Nyadol Nyuon OAM, 2023 Richard Butler Bowdon

Nyadol Nyuon OAM

Richard Butler Bowdon

Gamaliel Butler

Gamaliel Butler

Gamaliel Butler

Gamaliel Butler, c. 1810

an unknown artist

Portrait, watercolour on ivory

Purchased 2015

Gamaliel Butler

Gamaliel Butler

Gamaliel Butler

Gamaliel Butler, c. 1824

an unknown artist

Portrait, lithograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Merv Shearman 2012

Richard Butler

Richard Butler

Richard Butler

Richard Butler, 1859

Portrait, watercolour and pencil on paper

Purchased 2019

Annie Butler

Annie Butler

Annie Butler

Annie Butler, 1859

Portrait, watercolour and pencil on buff board

Purchased 2019

Kevin Butler

Kevin Butler

Kevin Butler

Kevin Butler, c. 2000

Portrait, type C photograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2004

Edward Paine Butler

Edward Paine Butler

Edward Paine Butler

Edward Paine Butler, c. 1845

Thomas Griffiths Wainewright

Portrait, watercolour, gouache and pencil on paper

Purchased 2009

Martha Sarah Butler

Martha Sarah Butler

Martha Sarah Butler

Martha Sarah Butler, c. 1845

Thomas Griffiths Wainewright

Portrait, watercolour, gouache and pencil on paper

Purchased 2009

Us Mob, Paddington Town Hall

Us Mob

Us Mob were an Aboriginal rock band active in the 1970s and 1980s. The band's members Rodney Ansell, Pedro Butler, Carroll Karpany and Wally McArthur formed the band at the Centre for Aboriginal Studies in Music in Adelaide.

2 portraits in the collection

Ian Kiernan

Cut and thrust

Environmental activists

General content

Harry Butler, Tim Flannery and Ian Kiernan

Us Mob, Rock Against Racism Concert, Paddington Town Hall

Us Mob, Rock Against Racism Concert, Paddington Town Hall

Us Mob, Rock Against Racism Concert, Paddington Town Hall

Us Mob, Rock Against Racism Concert, Paddington Town Hall, 1980 (printed 2021)

Portrait, inkjet print on paper

Purchased 2021

Us Mob, Paddington Town Hall

Us Mob, Paddington Town Hall

Us Mob, Paddington Town Hall

Us Mob, Paddington Town Hall, 1980 (printed 2021)

Portrait, inkjet print on paper

Purchased 2021

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Martin Philbey

Martin Philbey (b. 1962) is a Melbourne-based photographer who has amassed an archive of 100,000 images over his twenty-year career.

4 portraits in the collection

Adrian Feint

Adrian Feint

Adrian Feint (1894-1971) studied at the Sydney Art School with Julian Ashton after having served in the AIF in France and Belgium in World War I, during which he was praised for gallantry.

1 portrait in the collection

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