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Julia Matthews
Biography
Julia Matthews (1842-1876), actress and singer, came to Australia as a girl with her parents, and made her debut at Sydney's Royal Victoria Theatre in 1854, aged twelve.
1 portrait in the collection
Howard Matthews
Biography
Part of the Melbourne intellectual avant-garde of the 1940s, Howard Matthews was a brilliant student.
1 portrait in the collection
Grant Matthews
Biography
In 1997 Grant Matthews successfully sued Consolidated Press for unauthorised reproduction of one of his photographs.
1 portrait in the collection
Julia Matthews, c. 1862
Davies & Co
Portrait, albumen silver photograph carte de visite on card
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2010
Jimmy Barnes at The Coogee Bay Hotel, 1984
Grant Matthews
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Gift of John McLean 2008
Peter O'Shaughnessy, 1947
Howard Matthews
Portrait, oil on canvas
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 1999
Of Burke, Wills ... and wills
It's Complicated
Infatuation and (ill-fated) exploration
Leigh Bowery, 1984
Robyn Beeche
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Gift of Claudia Hyles, Dr Christiane Lawin-Bruessel, Gwenda Matthews, Gael Newton, Anne O'Hehir, Susan Smith and Dominic Thomas in memory of our friend, Robyn Beeche 2016
The Dipper
Moustaches
One of the versions of thick, macho moustache strongly associated in the Australian visual lexicon with sportsmen of the 1970s and 80s.
Pub Rock
Your backstage pass to 70s and 80s sounds and scenes
Previous exhibition, 2020
Celebrate the people, places and sounds of Australian pub rock and its enduring impact on our nation’s identity.
Richard Fitzgerald
Biography
Richard Fitzgerald (1772-1840), convict, public servant and settler, spent four years of his seven-year sentence imprisoned (probably on a floating 'hulk') at Portsmouth before arriving in Sydney in 1791, along with his private assets.
1 portrait in the collection
Younger Australians more engaged with arts and history
11 April 2016
Archived media releases 2016
The second annual brand-awareness snapshot of the National Portrait Gallery is again positive, with indicators moving in the right direction – for the Gallery and for Australia’s cultural engagement.
Sir Edgar Barton ‘EB’ Coles
Biography
Sir Edgar Barton ‘EB’ Coles (1899-1981) was the longest-serving chief executive of the Coles retail group.
2 portraits in the collection
Robert O'Hara Burke, c. 1860
Melbourne and Sydney Photographic Co
Portrait, albumen paper carte de visite
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2001
2020 Annual Appeal
Annual Appeal
In 2020 the Annual Appeal was focussed on Sally Robinson's remarkable portrait of author Tim Winton.
The 1950s to the present day
Mo and beard timeline
Certain European leaders (needless to name) had the effect of making certain styles of facial hair decidedly undesirable in the years immediately after World War 2.