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Portrait of Captain James Cook RN

The Quiet Australian

Magazine article by Brian Dale, 2001

Robert Oatley talks about the repatriation of the John Webber portrait of Captain James Cook.

Brian Loton

Brian Loton

Brian Loton

Brian Loton, 1996

Portrait, oil on canvas

Gift of BHP Billiton 2003. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Dale Hickey 2, March 1979

Dale Hickey

Dale Hickey (b. 1937) studied design and illustration at Swinburne Technical College, Melbourne, between 1954 and 1957.

1 portrait in the collection

Farewell My Son, 2011 by Dale Neill

Farewell My Son, 2011

Dale Hickey 2, March 1979

Dale Hickey 2, March 1979

Dale Hickey 2, March 1979

Dale Hickey 2, March 1979, 1979 (printed 2012)

Portrait, inkjet print on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2012

Brian Cadd

Brian Cadd

Brian Cadd (b. 1946), singer/songwriter, had been a member of 1960s Melbourne band The Groop before forming Axiom, the band for which he wrote the hits 'Arkansas Grass' and 'A Little Ray of Sunshine' at the dawn of the 1970s.

1 portrait in the collection

Portrait of Brian Dunlop

Brian Dunlop

Brian Dunlop studied at East Sydney Technical College and won the Le Gay Brereton Prize for Drawing while still a student.

7 portraits in the collection

Brian Fitzpatrick

Brian Fitzpatrick

Brian Fitzpatrick (1905-1965) was educated at state schools in regional Victoria and Melbourne before gaining his BA from Melbourne University in 1925.

1 portrait in the collection

Brian Loton

Brian T. Loton AC

Brian Thorley Loton AC (1929–2022) was chairman of BHP from 1992 to 1997.

2 portraits in the collection

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Brian McInerney

Brian McInerney, professional photographer, was a young assistant photographer at Channel Seven in Sydney in the 1960s.

2 portraits in the collection

Brian and Gene Sherman

Brian Sherman AM

Brian Sherman AM (1943–2022) was a leading philanthropist, company director and animal rights activist.

2 portraits in the collection

Portrait of Brian Dunlop

Brian Dunlop

In their own words

In their own words

Recorded 1976

The Skin I'm In II, 2016 by Brian Cassey

The Skin I'm In II, 2016

by Brian Cassey

Brian Loton, BHP

Brian Loton, BHP

Brian Loton, BHP

Brian Loton, BHP,

Portrait, watercolour, coloured pencil, crayon, gouache and fibre-tipped pen on paper

Gift of the artist 2001

Professor Brian Schmidt

Professor Brian Schmidt AC

Brian Schmidt AC (b. 1967) is a Nobel Prize-winning astronomer, based at the Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics of the Australian National University.

1 portrait in the collection

Brian Schmidt

In their own words

In their own words

Recorded 2017

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