Purchased with funds provided by the Annual Appeal for Contemporary Australian Photography 2022
Robert Dodd, a leading painter of maritime and military subjects, lived and worked in Wapping, London.
2 portraits in the collection
Gift of Patrick Corrigan AM 2004. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2011
Purchased with funds provided by the Annual Appeal for Contemporary Australian Photography 2022
Purchased with funds provided by the Ian Potter Foundation 2008
Purchased 2010
In 2022 the Annual Appeal was focussed on Mayatjara by Robert Fielding, a series of 24 photographs of Elders of the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara community.
Rebecca Ray reflects on Robert Fielding’s Mayatjara series, honouring songlines and intergenerational knowedge.
The Warumpi Band burst onto the Australian music scene in 1984 with the release of their first album Big Name, No Blankets.
2 portraits in the collection
Robin Nevin AO (b. 1942), actor, director and theatre administrator, is the artistic director and chief executive officer of the Sydney Theatre Company.
1 portrait in the collection
Samuel 'Sammy' Woods (1867-1931), cricketer, is one of only five men to have played Tests for both Australia and England.
1 portrait in the collection
George Rrurrambu Burarrwanga (1957–2007) was a Yolngu singer, activist and a founding member of the Warumpi Band.
2 portraits in the collection
Purchased 2021
Joanna Gilmour recounts the story of ill-fated sea voyages in the early stages of the Antipodean colony.