Nancy Menetrey (née Wilkinson) (1924-2024) was born in Sydney in 1924.
1 portrait in the collection
Gift of the artist 2021
A portrait story describing the amazing life of World War II resistance fighter, Nancy Wake.
Nancy Wake AC (1912–2011) was one of the most-decorated women of the Second World War.
1 portrait in the collection
Nancy Borlase AM (1914–2006), painter and writer, was born in New Zealand, and had to be dug out of the wreckage when an earthquake struck Napier in late 1931.
4 portraits in the collection
Recorded 1962
Dame Nancy Buttfield DBE (1912–2005) was the first South Australian woman member of Federal Parliament.
1 portrait in the collection
Nancy Bird Walton AO OBE (1915–2009), aviatrix, decided she wanted to be a pilot when, at age eight, she saw a plane make an emergency landing on a beach near her home.
2 portraits in the collection
Recorded 1977
Recorded 1977
Purchased 2004
Purchased with funds provided by L Gordon Darling AC CMG 2004
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Gillian Appleton (McClelland) 1999
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program
Purchased with funds provided by the Basil Bressler Bequest 2004
Gift of Senator Dame Nancy Buttfield DBE 2003. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Gift of Nancy Bird Walton AO OBE 2008. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.