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Barbara Robison, 1935 Max Dupain

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Rex Dupain 2003
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program

Barbara Tribe

Biography

Barbara Tribe was born in Sydney, where she enrolled at East Sydney Technical College at the age of fifteen.

4 portraits in the collection

Barbara Darling

Biography

Barbara Darling (1948-2015) was the first woman appointed a bishop in Victoria and the second woman to be made a bishop in Australia.

1 portrait in the collection

Barbara Blackman AO

Biography

Barbara Blackman (b. 1928) was only 15 when the ABC Weekly published one of her poems.

5 portraits in the collection

Barbara Blackman, c. 1953 an unknown artist

Barbara Blackman In their own words

In their own words

Recorded 1974

Barbara Blackman, c. 1953 an unknown artist

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Barbara Blackman 2004

Barbara Blackman, 2008 Gorgi Dimcevski

Portrait, oil on canvas

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Barbara Blackman 2009

Barbara McCarthy, c. 2000 Penny Tweedie

Portrait, type C photograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2004

Dr Joan M Redshaw AM, 1982 Barbara Tribe

Portrait, terracotta

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2016

Bust of Frank McIlwraith, 1937 Barbara Tribe

Bust of Frank McIlwraith, 1937 Barbara Tribe

Portrait, cast bronze, patinated

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the Estate of the late Barbara Tribe 2009

Restoring histories

Magazine article by Gillian Raymond, 2004

Photographic conservation practices and the restoration of the Barbara Blackman photographic portrait.

Life class

Magazine article by Leonie Hellmers, 2004

Barbara Blackman reflects on her experiences as a life model.

All in the Family

Magazine article by Barbara Blackman AO, 2003

In 2000, Barbara Blackman donated a portrait of her close friends - poet Judith Wright, her husband Jack McKinney and their daughter Meredith - painted by Charles Blackman.