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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.

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Tim Winton

Tim Winton

Tim Winton (b. 1960) is the author of 29 books, with his work translated into 28 languages.

2 portraits in the collection

Tim Winton, 2019 Sally Robinson

Tim Winton, 2019

Tim Winton

Tim Winton

Tim Winton

Tim Winton, 2019

Portrait, synthetic polymer paint on canvas

Purchased with funds provided by the Annual Appeal 2020

Tim Winton

'I am at the beach'

A series of excepts from Tim Winton's novel 'The Land's Edge'.

Tim Winton

Tim Winton

Tim Winton

Tim Winton, 2004

Portrait, type C photograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2008

Sally Robinson

'Expect a polite refusal'

Artist Sally Robinson describes her career and the creation of her portrait of Tim Winton.

Tim Winton

Tracks in the sand

Magazine article by Dr Sarah Engledow, 2008

Dr Sarah Engledow discusses Quentin Jones's photograph of Australian author Tim Winton.

Portrait Stories

#PortraitureComesHome

From Mauboy to Blanchett, Teo to Bradman, Namatjira to Winton – these mini-movies showcase the creative collaboration between portrait artists and their subjects.

Portrait 28

June - August 2008

This issue of Portrait Magazine features Harold Cazneaux, nineteenth-century carte de visites, Tim Winton, Antonio Dattilo-Rubbo, Evelyn Chapman and more.

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Sally Robinson

Sally Robinson, born in England, studied at the National Art School in Sydney from 1970 to 1973, and in the following year took up a position as designer at the Australian Museum in Sydney.

3 portraits in the collection

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Russell Shakespeare

Russell Shakespeare (b. 1963) has photographed well-known Australians from a wide range of fields, including writers Tim Winton and Colleen McCullough, sports people Steve Waugh and Stephanie Gilmore, and former politicians Gough Whitlam and Bob Brown.

2 portraits in the collection

Nick Enright

Nick Enright AM

Nick Enright (1950-2003), playwright and screenwriter, attended Sydney University and the New York University School of the Arts before establishing himself as a dramatist with plays such as Summer Rain and Mongrels.

2 portraits in the collection

Nick Enright

Nick Enright

Nick Enright

Nick Enright, c. 1976 (printed 2004)

Robert McFarlane

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2003

Hilary McPhee

Hilary McPhee

Hilary McPhee

Hilary McPhee, 2015

Jacqueline Mitelman

Portrait, inkjet print on paper

Purchased with funds provided by Wayne Williams 2015

Arcadia (Wayne Lynch and Bob McTavish)

Bob McTavish

Bob McTavish began surfing in Queensland at the age of twelve - and for decades, he has written, he slept in cars, eating bread, bananas and the occasional spider and surfing at every opportunity.

2 portraits in the collection

Hilary McPhee

Hilary McPhee AO

Hilary McPhee AO (b. 1941), writer and editor, began her career at Meanjin before starting a small magazine, Theatre.

1 portrait in the collection

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