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The National Portrait Gallery acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of Country throughout Australia and recognises the continuing connection to lands, waters and communities. We pay our respect to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures and to Elders both past and present.

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Boniface and Clinton

Boniface and Clinton

Boniface and Clinton

Boniface and Clinton, c. 2000

Portrait, type C photograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2004

Shelley Reys

Shelley Reys

Shelley Reys

Shelley Reys, c. 2000

Portrait, type C photograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2004

John Olsen AO, CBE

John Olsen AO CBE

John Olsen AO OBE (1928–2023), painter, was one of the major figures in 20th-century Australian art.

7 portraits in the collection

John Olsen

John Olsen AO

John Olsen AO (b. 1945), diplomat and former politician, grew up in South Australia and began his public career as its youngest-ever mayor, assuming that office in Kadina in 1974.

1 portrait in the collection

John Olsen AO, CBE

John Olsen

In their own words

In their own words

Recorded 1962

John Olsen - En plein air

John Olsen - En plein air

John Olsen - En plein air

John Olsen - En plein air, 1996

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Gift of Patrick Corrigan AM 2004. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

John Olsen

John Olsen

John Olsen

John Olsen, 1993

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2004

John Olsen AO, CBE

John Olsen AO, CBE

John Olsen AO, CBE

John Olsen AO, CBE, 2017

Nicholas Harding

Portrait, oil on linen

Gift of the artist 2019. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

John Olsen

John Olsen

John Olsen

John Olsen, 1996

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Gift of Patrick Corrigan AM 2004. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

John Olsen

John Olsen

John Olsen

John Olsen, 1979

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Gift of Patrick Corrigan AM 2004. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

John Olsen, Woollahra, Sydney

John Olsen, Woollahra, Sydney

John Olsen, Woollahra, Sydney

John Olsen, Woollahra, Sydney, 1962 (printed 2000)

Portrait, montage of gelatin silver photographs

Gift of the artist 2001. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
The series 'David Moore: From Face to Face' was acquired as a gift of the artist and with financial assistance from Timothy Fairfax AC and L Gordon Darling AC CMG 2001.

Marilyn, Marlene and Kelvin Kong

Marilyn, Marlene and Kelvin Kong

Marilyn, Marlene and Kelvin Kong

Marilyn, Marlene and Kelvin Kong, c. 2000

Portrait, type C photograph on paper

Gift of the artist 2004

Clifton Pugh and John Olsen, Dunmoochin

Clifton Pugh and John Olsen, Dunmoochin

Clifton Pugh and John Olsen, Dunmoochin

Clifton Pugh and John Olsen, Dunmoochin, 1969

Portrait, type C photograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 1999

Penny Sackett

From Earth to Sky

Professor Penny Sackett, Australian National University and former Chief Scientist for Australia (2008-2011) talks about her life in science.

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Penny Tweedie

Aboriginal people and their culture have been the focus of much of Penny Tweedie's photography during the last period of her career.

47 portraits in the collection

Professor Penny Sackett, astronomer and physicist

Penny Sackett

Penny Sackett (b. 1956), physicist, astronomer and former Chief Scientist for Australia, gained her undergraduate degree in her home state of Nebraska, USA, before earning a PhD in theoretical physics at the University of Pittsburgh in 1984.

1 portrait in the collection

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