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Sir Roland Hibbert Cross, 1943-1944
Charles Wheeler
Portrait, coloured chalk on artist board
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2019
Roland Wakelin
Biography
Roland Wakelin was born in New Zealand and studied at the RAS school in Sydney under Dattilo Rubbo from 1912 to 1914.
1 portrait in the collection
Roland Wakelin
In their own words
In their own words
Recorded 1961 or 1962
Self portrait in green hues, c. 1962
Roland Wakelin
Portrait, oil on composition board
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Philip Bacon AM 2001
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program
Great Experimentations
Magazine article by Rebecca Harkins-Cross, 2025
Rebecca Harkins-Cross considers Carol Jerrems’ portraiture against the backdrop of social change in the 1970s.
Carlotta, Kings Cross (Les Girls), 1970-1971
Rennie Ellis
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Purchased 2006
The Bee Gees, Kings Cross, 1970-1971
Rennie Ellis
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph, selenium toned on paper
Purchased 2021
Geoffrey Roland Robertson, 1999 (printed 2022)
Polly Borland
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Purchased 2022
Boy with surfboard cross: David Rastovich, 1999 (printed 2005)
Scott Redford
Portrait, offset lithograph on paper
Gift of the artist 2009. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Rosaleen Norton, Witch of Kings Cross, 1970-1971
Rennie Ellis
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2006
Awesome Achievers
A cross-curriculum learning resource
Learning resource archive
What makes someone awesome? And how does a portrait tell a person's story? Bring your students up close and personal with some great Australians. For upper primary school students.
Charles Kingsford Smith and crew of the Southern Cross before the east-west crossing of the Atlantic, June 1930, 1930
International News Photos Inc
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Purchased 2019
Aussies All
Magazine article by Dr Sarah Engledow, 2006
Rennie Ellis photographs the self-proclaimed 'Witch of Kings Cross'.
Roy de Maistre CBE
Biography
Roy de Maistre (Roi (Leroy) de Mestre) CBE (1894-1968), painter, studied music at the Sydney Conservatorium, but was also a student at the RAS School with Dattilo Rubbo and later the Sydney Art School with Julian Ashton.
1 portrait in the collection
Harry Hudson
Biography
Harry Hudson (1907-1974) was a Melbourne-based painter. His work was included in a number of group exhibitions at the Bridget McDonnell Gallery, Carlton in the 1980s along with those of such notable artists as Roland Wakelin, Grace Cossington-Smith and James Gleeson.
1 portrait in the collection
Pedestrian Access
Location
Directions for walking to the Gallery from Civic.