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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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Adam Knott

Adam Knott (b. 1966) began taking photographs for local newspapers as a schoolboy in St George, South Sydney.

7 portraits in the collection

Paddy Ellis - Lightning Ridge Opal Miner, 2013 by Adam Knott

Paddy Ellis - Lightning Ridge Opal Miner, 2013

Betty Churcher

Betty Churcher

Betty Churcher

Betty Churcher, 2008

Portrait, inkjet print on paper

Purchased 2013

Arthur Boyd in his studio at Bundanon

Arthur Boyd in his studio at Bundanon

Arthur Boyd in his studio at Bundanon

Arthur Boyd in his studio at Bundanon, 1993

Portrait, type C photograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Richard King 2008
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program

Margaret Olley

Margaret Olley

Margaret Olley

Margaret Olley, 1995

Portrait, type C photograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of The Hammond Care Group 1999

Kurt Fearnley

Kurt Fearnley

Kurt Fearnley

Kurt Fearnley, 2012

Portrait, inkjet print on paper

Purchased 2013

Bryan Brown

Bryan Brown

Bryan Brown

Bryan Brown, 2008

Portrait, inkjet print on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2013

Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu, 2008 by Adam Knott

Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu, 2008

Garry Shead and Tom Thompson

Garry Shead and Tom Thompson

Garry Shead and Tom Thompson

Garry Shead and Tom Thompson, 1993

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Richard King 2008
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program

Garry Shead and Tom Thompson

Garry Shead and Tom Thompson

Garry Shead and Tom Thompson

Garry Shead and Tom Thompson, 1993

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Richard King 2008
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program

Charles and Adam

Adam Perkins

Adam Perkins, an Arrernte and Kalkadoon man, is the son of Indigenous rights campaigner and bureaucrat Charles Perkins AO.

1 portrait in the collection

Angel Street (Adam Cullen)

Adam Cullen

Adam Cullen (1965-2012), painter, studied art in Sydney from 1986 to 1999, when he obtained his master’s degree in fine arts from the University of New South Wales.

8 portraits in the collection

Adam Goodes

Adam Goodes

Adnyamathanha/Narungga man Adam Goodes (b. 1980) is a former champion AFL footballer who played 369 games with the Sydney Swans.

2 portraits in the collection

Tony Adam

Tony Adam

Tony Adam (b. 1938) model, grazier and farmhand, grew up in Melbourne and attended Melbourne Grammar school, but left when he was sixteen.He went to work on Angledool and Llanillo stations in outback New South Wales and Queensland.

1 portrait in the collection

Roo shooter's offsider, 2017 by Adam Ferguson

Roo shooter's offsider, 2017

by Adam Ferguson

Jokowi, Indonesia, 2014 by Adam Ferguson

Jokowi, Indonesia, 2014

by Adam Ferguson

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