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Born the year that Dawn Fraser won her first Olympic Gold medal, Shane Gould (b.1956) in her very brief international career, became one of the world’s greatest female swimmers.

Shane Gould, Australian champion and Olympic gold medallist talks about her passion for swimming.

Liverpool-born William Buelow Gould (1803-1853) had worked as a draftsman for the London printmaker, Rudolph Ackermann, and as a painter for a Staffordshire pottery before being transported to Van Diemen’s Land for theft in 1827.
1 portrait in the collection

John Gould (1804–1881) is known as the ‘father of Australian ornithology’ for his Birds of Australia, published in seven volumes between 1840 and 1848.
1 portrait in the collection



Purchased with funds provided by the Liangis family 2013

Charting a path from cockatiel to finch, Annette Twyman explores her family portraits and stories.



Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2013

Shane Dye (b. 1966), jockey, was born in Matamata, New Zealand, and served his apprenticeship in New Zealand before coming to Australia in 1985.
2 portraits in the collection

Shane Maloney (b. 1953) is the creator of the popular 'Murray Whelan' series of six crime novels, beginning with Stiff (1994) and The Brush-Off (1996) and currently ending at Sucked In (2007).
1 portrait in the collection

Shane Warne AO (1969–2022) is the most successful wicket taker in Australia's Test history.
1 portrait in the collection



Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2009



Gift of the artist 2019. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.



Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2010
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program



Purchased 2006

Artist Rick Amor and author Shane Maloney relate divergent experiences of the creation of Shane's portrait.

Robin Sellick's portraits of Australian sportspeople include Harry Kewell, Adam Scott, Shane Warne, Mark Webber and John Newcombe.