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Senator Bonner, 1990 Robert Campbell Jnr

Neville Bonner AO

Biography

Neville Bonner (1922–1999) was the first Indigenous Australian elected to federal parliament.

2 portraits in the collection

Neville Bonner, n.d. Louis Kahan

Portrait, fibre-tipped pen and pen and ink on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Mrs Lily Kahan 2017
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program

Senator Bonner, 1990 Robert Campbell Jnr

Portrait, synthetic polymer paint on canvas

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased with funds provided by Tim Fairfax AC 2008

Black tie or wombat: How formal should I go?

Magazine article by Michael Desmond, 2008

Michael Desmond discusses the portrait of Senator Neville Bonner by Robert Campbell Jnr.

'The Australian Cricketers' from The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News June 1882 an unknown artist

George Bonner

Biography

The Australian cricket team of 1882 was the third side to tour England and the team whose defeat of England at The Oval in August of that year initiated the 'The Ashes' Test series.

1 portrait in the collection

Jill Neville

Biography

Jill Neville (1932-1997), writer and critic, grew up in Sydney and attended a Blue Mountains boarding school.

1 portrait in the collection

Neville and Jill Wran - as the Duke and Duchess of Sydney (with apologies to Piero della Francesca), 1983 Frank Hodgkinson

Neville Wran AC QC

Biography

The Hon. Neville Wran AC QC (1926-2014) was the longest serving premier of New South Wales (1976 - 86), achieving major legal, social, environmental and cultural reforms.

1 portrait in the collection

Neville Amadio AM MBE

Biography

Neville Amadio AM MBE (1913-2006), flautist, played for some fifty years with iterations of the same Sydney orchestra, first called the 2FC Broadcasting Orchestra, then the ABC Orchestra then, from 1934, the Sydney Symphony.

1 portrait in the collection

Neville Gruzman AM

Biography

Neville Gruzman AM (1925–2005), architect and lecturer, was born in Sydney, the son of immigrants of Russian heritage.

1 portrait in the collection

Neville Amadio, Max Dupain

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Danina Anderson, daughter of Max Dupain 2017
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program