Trukanini (c. 1812–1876) is arguably nineteenth century Australia’s most celebrated Indigenous leader.
6 portraits in the collection
![Trucaninny [Trukanini], wife of Woureddy [Wurati], 1836 Benjamin Law](/files/c/b/d/0/i10110-sl.jpg "Trucaninny [Trukanini], wife of Woureddy [Wurati], 1836 Benjamin Law")
![Trucaninny [Trukanini], wife of Woureddy [Wurati], 1836 Benjamin Law](/files/c/b/d/0/i10110-ths.jpg "Trucaninny [Trukanini], wife of Woureddy [Wurati], 1836 Benjamin Law")
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2010
![Truggernana [Trukanini], a native of southern part of V.D. Land, 1835 Benjamin Duterrau](/files/1/8/5/e/i8535-sl.jpg "Truggernana [Trukanini], a native of southern part of V.D. Land, 1835 Benjamin Duterrau")
![Truggernana [Trukanini], a native of southern part of V.D. Land, 1835 Benjamin Duterrau](/files/1/8/5/e/i8535-ths.jpg "Truggernana [Trukanini], a native of southern part of V.D. Land, 1835 Benjamin Duterrau")
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased with funds provided by the Ian Potter Foundation 2009
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased with funds provided by Allanah Dopson & Nicholas Heyward 2009
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased with funds provided by Allanah Dopson and Nicholas Heyward 2009
Gareth Knapman explores the politics and opportunism behind the portraits of Tasmania’s Black War.
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2006
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2011
Benjamin Law, sculptor and lithographer, arrived in Hobart in 1834 aboard the Sarah.
2 portraits in the collection
Charles Alfred Woolley (1834-1922), photographer and sketcher, ran a studio on Macquarie Street in Hobart from 1859 to 1870, producing numerous portraits along with views and stereographs of Hobart and surrounding areas.
6 portraits in the collection
![Woureddy [Wurati], an Aboriginal Chief of Van Diemen's Land, 1835 Benjamin Law](/files/1/8/b/4/i10111-sl.jpg "Woureddy [Wurati], an Aboriginal Chief of Van Diemen's Land, 1835 Benjamin Law")
![Woureddy [Wurati], an Aboriginal Chief of Van Diemen's Land, 1835 Benjamin Law](/files/1/8/b/4/i10111-ths.jpg "Woureddy [Wurati], an Aboriginal Chief of Van Diemen's Land, 1835 Benjamin Law")
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2010
Burnum Burnum (1936-1997), Woiworung-Yorta Yorta activist, storyteller and writer, was taken from his family as an infant.
2 portraits in the collection
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased with funds provided by James Bain AM and Janette Bain 2010
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased with funds provided by
Allanah Dopson & Nicholas Heyward 2009
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2004
![Woureddy [Wurati], an Aboriginal Chief of Van Diemen's Land, 1835 Benjamin Law](/files/1/8/b/4/i10111-slq.jpg "Woureddy [Wurati], an Aboriginal Chief of Van Diemen's Land, 1835 Benjamin Law")
Wurati (active 1830s, d. 1842), was a Nuennone man from Bruny Island, a skilled hunter, boat builder and renowned storyteller who spoke five dialects.
2 portraits in the collection
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