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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.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are warned that this website contains images of deceased persons.

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Ruth Park

Ruth Park AM

Ruth Park (1917–2010) was born in New Zealand and lived there until 1942.

1 portrait in the collection

Ruth Park

Ruth Park

Ruth Park

Ruth Park, 2000

Portrait, oil on canvas

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2000

Portrait of Ruth Cracknell as the Sibyl

Ruth Cracknell

Ruth Cracknell AM (1925–2002), actor, became a household name through her character Maggie Beare in the ABC comedy Mother and Son, which ran from 1985 to 1994.

1 portrait in the collection

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Ruth Maddison

Ruth Maddison began taking photographs in the mid-1970s and exhibited her Christmas Holiday with Bob’s Family – a series of hand-coloured, snapshot-style images mimicking scenes from a family photo album – at Ewing Gallery in Melbourne in 1979.

1 portrait in the collection

Sue Ford 1980-2006

Sue Ford 1980-2006

Sue Ford 1980-2006

Sue Ford 1980-2006, 1980-2006 (printed 2013)

Portrait, inkjet print on paper

Purchased 2013

Eden, 2011 by Arianne McNaught

Eden, 2011

by Arianne McNaught

The uncertain recovery, 2012 by Arianne McNaught

The uncertain recovery, 2012

by Arianne McNaught

Portrait of Ruth Cracknell as the Sibyl

Portrait of Ruth Cracknell as the Sibyl

Portrait of Ruth Cracknell as the Sibyl

Portrait of Ruth Cracknell as the Sibyl, 1995

Rosemary Valadon

Portrait, oil on canvas

Purchased 2000

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Kilmeny Niland

Kilmeny Niland the daughter of Ruth Park and D'Arcy Niland. was a well-known illustrator of children's books.

1 portrait in the collection

Fostin outside his mum's, Kings Park, Melbourne, 2015 by Nicola Dracoulis

Fostin outside his mum's, Kings Park, Melbourne, 2015

by Nicola Dracoulis

Rob and Kayla, 2012 by Tom Psomotragos

Rob and Kayla, 2012

by Tom Psomotragos

Lady Jessie and Sir Donald Bradman, Kensington Park, Adelaide, South Australia

Lady Jessie and Sir Donald Bradman, Kensington Park, Adelaide, South Australia

Lady Jessie and Sir Donald Bradman, Kensington Park, Adelaide, South Australia

Lady Jessie and Sir Donald Bradman, Kensington Park, Adelaide, South Australia, 1992-1993 (printed 2019)

Portrait, inkjet print on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2019

Portrait 55

Summer 2016-2017

Explore convict art, photography by Ruth Hollick and Collier Schorr, an interview with neurosurgeon Charlie Teo, portraiture on money, and more!

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Family portrait, 2021 Fiona Bowring

Family portrait

Neville and Jill Wran - as the Duke and Duchess of Sydney (with apologies to Piero della Francesca)

Jill Hickson Wran AM

Jill Hickson Wran AM (b. 1948) graduated from the University of Sydney and then worked for Qantas.

1 portrait in the collection

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