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Thelma Plum, 2024 (printed 2026)

Purchased with funds provided by Gerard Harnan & Kelly West 2026

Thelma Plum

Terry Clune

Terry Clune (b. 1932), gallerist, established Terry Clune Galleries with Frank MacDonald at 59 McLeay Street Potts Point in 1957.

1 portrait in the collection

Granny's 90th, 2012

Shigeo Sawada

Shigeo Sawada (1890-1940) was the Managing Director of Okura and Co. Trading Ltd in Sydney from 1937 to his death.

1 portrait in the collection

National Photographic Portrait Prize 2025

The portraits in this resource have been chosen to prompt discussion, critical reflection and creative responses from students in secondary years.

National Photographic Portrait Prize 2025

The NPPP is an annual prize for Australian photographers. The year’s most outstanding photographic portrait is awarded a $30,000 cash prize and photographic equipment valued at $20,000 courtesy of our Imaging Partner, Canon Australia.

Shigeo Sawada, c. 1915

Gift of Ron Wylie 2007

Rick Carey

Rick and Thelma Carey comprise Australian country music's most famous double act, Rick and Thel.

1 portrait in the collection

Rick Carey, WA, 1998 (printed 2004)

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2005

Bob Dyer

Bob Dyer (1909–1984), entertainer, was born in Tennessee and came to Australia in 1937.

1 portrait in the collection

Nicholas Hope

Nicholas Hope (b. 1959), shot to international fame in art movie circles as the star of Bad Boy Bubby, a cult Australian film directed by Rolf de Heer and released in 1994.

1 portrait in the collection

Nicholas Hope,

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2007

Bob and Dolly Dyer,

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2003

Patricia T. Thompson OAM

Patricia Thelma Thompson OAM (née Amphlett, b. 1949), better known as Little Pattie, first appeared on Australian television at age thirteen in 1962.

1 portrait in the collection

Little Pattie, 1966 (printed 2019)

Purchased 2019