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Jeff Kennett

Jeff Kennett

Jeffrey Kennett (b. 1948) was premier of Victoria from 1992 to 1999. He entered politics from a career in advertising, winning the state seat of Burwood for the Liberal Party in 1976.

1 portrait in the collection

Jeff Kennett

Jeff Kennett

Jeff Kennett

Jeff Kennett, 1999

Portrait, type C photograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2002

Jeff Fenech and trainer, John Lewis

Jeff Fenech

Jeff Fenech (born May 28, 1964) in Sydney, Australia, is a former boxer, to whom many Australians refer to as the greatest boxing champion to ever come out of that country-continent.

2 portraits in the collection

Jeff Fenech

Jeff Fenech

Jeff Fenech

Jeff Fenech, 1986

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

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2001

Jeff Carter with his dog Annie Rose at Foxground NSW

Jeff Carter with his dog Annie Rose at Foxground NSW

Jeff Carter with his dog Annie Rose at Foxground NSW

Jeff Carter with his dog Annie Rose at Foxground NSW, 2000 (printed 2017)

Robert McFarlane

Portrait, inkjet print on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2017

Jeff Fenech and trainer, John Lewis

Jeff Fenech and trainer, John Lewis

Jeff Fenech and trainer, John Lewis

Jeff Fenech and trainer, John Lewis, 1986

Graham McCarter

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2011

Portrait of Johnson Pilton Walker, Inside the National Portrait Gallery, Canberra, 25 Hours 31 minutes, 22-23rd of May 2009

Portrait of Johnson Pilton Walker, Inside the National Portrait Gallery, Canberra, 25 Hours 31 minutes, 22-23rd of May 2009

Portrait of Johnson Pilton Walker, Inside the National Portrait Gallery, Canberra, 25 Hours 31 minutes, 22-23rd of May 2009

Portrait of Johnson Pilton Walker, Inside the National Portrait Gallery, Canberra, 25 Hours 31 minutes, 22-23rd of May 2009, 2009 (printed 2010)

Portrait, type C photographs on paper

Purchased with funds provided by the Circle of Friends 2009

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Paul Fitzgerald AM

Paul Fitzgerald AM, a Melbourne-based artist, made his career as a professional portraitist.

4 portraits in the collection

Exhibition overview

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MDPA judge Jeff Khan, Artistic Director, Performance Space, Sydney.

Joan Kirner

Joan Kirner

Joan Kirner AC (1938-2015) was the first female premier of Victoria. Daughter of a fitter and turner and a homemaker, she attended the selective University High School, graduating from the University of Melbourne to teach in state schools.

1 portrait in the collection

Joan Kirner

Joan Kirner

Joan Kirner

Joan Kirner, c. 1990

Portrait, type C photograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2006

Damien Parer

Mirror With A Memory

Photographic Portraiture in Australia

Previous exhibition, 2000

This is the first major exhibition to examine photographic portraiture in Australia, from its beginnings in the early 1840s to the present day

Free Range Cousins, 2015 by Jennifer Stocks

Free Range Cousins, 2015

by Jennifer Stocks

Music for the Soul, 2006 by Rick Carter

Music for the Soul, 2006

Maria

WHO ARE YOU

Australian portraiture

Previous exhibition, 2022

Featuring 130 works across painting, film, photography, screen printing, sculpture, and then some – it explores our inner worlds, outer selves, intimacy, isolation, celebrity and more.

Percy Hobson

Percy Hobson

Born in the NSW town of Bourke, Percy Hobson (1943–2022) became Australia's national high-jumping champion in 1962 with a jump of 6 feet 7 inches (2.01 metres).

1 portrait in the collection

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