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Australian Aboriginal Cricketers, 1867
Patrick Dawson
Portrait, albumen silver photograph on original lithograph title sheet
Purchased with funds provided by L Gordon Darling AC CMG 2009
Big Draw 2012 photos
14 October 2012
General content
Photos from around the gallery on the day of the Big Draw.
Teen Blooming
Emme Gleeson
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Solitude, 2006
by Anna Osk Erlingsdottir
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William, 2015
by Sandra Lamonaca
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Jinx Nolan
Biography
Jinx Nolan (b. 1941), artist, is the daughter of writer Cynthia Reed and the adopted daughter of Sidney Nolan, whom Reed married in 1948.
1 portrait in the collection
Judy, 2012
by Sally Robinson
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The In Between, 2019
Sibone Heary
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National Photographic Portrait Prize 2022
Learning resources
Let’s look closely at the National Photographic Portrait Prize 2022 together! For students and family groups.
Guy in his studio
Peter Morgan
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Jeff Fenech
Biography
Jeff Fenech (born May 28, 1964) in Sydney, Australia, is a former boxer, to whom many Australians refer to as the greatest boxing champion to ever come out of that country-continent.
2 portraits in the collection
Marty's living room
Benny Capp
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National Youth Self Portrait Prize
NYSPP 2010
Previous exhibition, 2010
An annual event, the National Youth Self Portrait Prize seeks to encourage young people to embrace self portraiture and its expressive possibilities.
A bond of friendship
Magazine article by Yvonne Audette AM, 2005
Australia's major abstract painter Yvonne Audette discusses her portrait of sculptor Robert Kippel.
Drawing power
Magazine article by Eileen Adams, 2006
The National Portrait Gallery joins the Big Draw, a program dedicated to promoting drawing as a tool for thought, creativity, social and cultural engagement.
Little Darlings Youth Portrait Prize
Prizes and awards
The competition is for Australian school students and home-schooled students aged from 5-18 years.