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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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Tom Carroll

Tom Carroll

Tom Carroll (b.1961), former professional surfer, made the finals of the 1979 Pipe Masters on his first ever world tour, finishing 24th in the world that same year.

1 portrait in the collection

Tom Carroll

Regarded as one of the greatest surfers of all time, Tom Carroll describes his career.

Untitled #1, 2010 by Sean O’Carroll

Untitled #1, 2010

by Sean O’Carroll

Tom Carroll

Tom Carroll

Tom Carroll

Tom Carroll, 1981 (printed 2011)

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2011

Dinny Nolan Tjampitjinpa and Paddy Carrol Tjungarrayi – Papunya

Paddy Carroll Tjugarrayi

Paddy Carroll Tjungurrayi (c. 1932–2002) is a Warlpiri artist who was born in Yarrungkanyi in the Western Desert.

1 portrait in the collection

Christian Waller with Baldur, Undine and Siren at Fairy Hills, 1932 by Napier Waller

Enigma

Magazine article by Dr Grace Blakeley-Carroll, 2015

Grace Carroll contemplates the curious case of Christian Waller.

E. J. Carroll

E. J. Carroll

E. J. Carroll

E. J. Carroll, c. 1920

Habenicht photography studio

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Jan Carroll 2019

George Barrington, c.1785

Celebrity cutpurse

Magazine article by Dr Grace Blakeley-Carroll, 2010

Grace Carroll discusses the portrait of the late-eighteenth century gentleman pickpocket George Barrington.

William Charles Wentworth -The Australian Patriot

The Wentworths – Hidden in Plain Sight

Magazine article by Dr Grace Blakeley-Carroll, 2015

Grace Carroll on the gendered world of the Wentworths.

Dinny Nolan Tjampitjinpa and Paddy Carrol Tjungarrayi – Papunya

Dinny Nolan Tjampitjinpa and Paddy Carrol Tjungarrayi – Papunya

Dinny Nolan Tjampitjinpa and Paddy Carrol Tjungarrayi – Papunya

Dinny Nolan Tjampitjinpa and Paddy Carrol Tjungarrayi – Papunya, 1994

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

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

Dinny Nolan Tjampitjinpa and Paddy Carrol Tjungarrayi – Papunya

Dinny Nolan Tjampitjinpa

Dinny Nolan Tjampitjinpa (b. c. 1944) is a painter and senior custodian for the Warlpiri people.

1 portrait in the collection

Coral Browne

Coral Browne

Coral Browne

Coral Browne, 1975

Portrait, pencil with ink wash on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 1999

Us Mob, Paddington Town Hall

Us Mob

Us Mob were an Aboriginal rock band active in the 1970s and 1980s. The band's members Rodney Ansell, Pedro Butler, Carroll Karpany and Wally McArthur formed the band at the Centre for Aboriginal Studies in Music in Adelaide.

2 portraits in the collection

Arcadia (Wayne Lynch and Bob McTavish)

Wayne Lynch

Wayne Lynch (b. 1951), surfer and surfboard shaper, grew up in Lorne, Victoria, not far from Bells Beach.

2 portraits in the collection

Portrait of Mrs Tom Roberts

2013-14 Acquisition Fund

This 1910 portrait of Elizabeth Sarah (Lillie) Roberts by Tom Roberts was brought into the Gallery's collection with the assistance of the Acquisition Fund in 2013.

Lisa McCune

Lisa McCune

In their own words

In their own words

Recorded 2022

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