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Some women you may not know

‘Everybody’s lives are built by so many influences, and for me, it is writers, artists and activists who have influenced how I think about the world.’

Jessie Street

Recorded 1967

Portrait Donors

Progressive pictures

Athol Shmith’s photographs contributed to the emergence of a new vision of Australian womanhood.

Australia’s great internationalists

Penelope Grist explores the United Nations stories in the Gallery’s collection.

First Ladies

First Ladies profiles women who have achieved noteworthy firsts over the past 100 years.

Portrait 33

This issue features Hermannsburg pottery, Nicole Kidman, Ken Done, Jessie Street, two gladiators, the Portraits+Architecture exhibition and more.

Kondelea (Della) Elliott, 1979

Gift of Jeannie Highet and Kim Buchan 2012

The considered life

Andrew Sayers asks whether a portrait can truly be the examination of a life.

Jessie Street, 1929

Gift of the Street family and the Jessie Street National Women's Library 2010

Worth her salt

Jerrold Nathan's portrait of Jessie Street shows the elegant side of a many-faceted lady.