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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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Mrs Woods

Tjayanka Woods

Tjayanka Woods (d. 2014) was a senior Pitjantjatjara artist and cultural custodian.

2 portraits in the collection

Mrs Woods and ‘Ere

Mrs Woods and ‘Ere

Mrs Woods and ‘Ere

Mrs Woods and ‘Ere, 2013

Portrait, inkjet print on paper

Purchased 2019

Mrs Woods

Mrs Woods

Mrs Woods

Mrs Woods, 2013

Portrait, inkjet print on paper

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

Sammy (Samuel Wood)

Samuel Wood

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

Sammy (Samuel Wood)

Sammy (Samuel Wood)

Sammy (Samuel Wood)

Sammy (Samuel Wood), 1892

Henry Seppings-Wright, Vanity Fair Magazine

Portrait, chromolithograph on paper

Purchased 2010

Solitude, 2006 by Anna Osk Erlingsdottir

Solitude, 2006

by Anna Osk Erlingsdottir

Monkey business, 2011 by Alina Gozin'a

Monkey business, 2011

by Alina Gozin'a

Lisa McCune

Lisa McCune

Lisa McCune (b. 1971) actor, made her stage debut at fifteen in a production of The Wizard of Oz in Perth.

1 portrait in the collection

Dr Fiona Wood AM

Dr Fiona Wood AM

Dr Fiona Wood AM

Dr Fiona Wood AM, 2005

Richard Woldendorp AM

Portrait, type C photograph on paper

Purchased 2005

Lisa McCune

Lisa McCune

Lisa McCune

Lisa McCune, 2000 (printed 2012)

Portrait, inkjet print on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2012

Dr Fiona Wood AM

Fiona Wood AO

Fiona Wood AO (b.1958), plastic and reconstructive surgeon, is co-founder of the biotech company Clinical Cell Culture Limited (known as C3), which pioneers and commercialises treatments for burns.

1 portrait in the collection

Steven Bishop, performer by Nathalie Latham

Australia's Creative Diaspora

Photographed by Nathalie Latham

Previous exhibition, 2007

Paris based Australian photographer and filmmaker Nathalie Latham has an ongoing interest in the creative achievements of other Australian artists living in various locations around the globe.

The Joy Of Life, 2002 by Janelle McKay

Headspace 3

Previous exhibition, 2002

The self-portrait enables students to explore emerging and changing aspects of their own identity, their sense of self, their place in the world, their experience of being human

ORA - Homesickness Project 2015 by Chrys Zantis

Food for thought

Magazine article by Michael Wardell, 2016

Michael Wardell on Chrys Zantis’ Ora.

Self portrait

Mysterious eyes

Arthur Boyd portraits from 1945

Previous exhibition, 2016

Boyd’s self-portrait at age 25 is joined by his equally emotive portraits of those around him.

Monkey business, 2011 by Alina Gozin'a

Alina Gozin'a

NPPP 2012 learning resource

An interview with the photographer.

Catholic clergymen from the Diocese of Adelaide

Catholic clergymen from the Diocese of Adelaide

Catholic clergymen from the Diocese of Adelaide

Catholic clergymen from the Diocese of Adelaide, c. 1862

Stephen Edward Nixon

Portrait, carte de visite photograph

Purchased 2018

Arthur Boyd's studio

Boyd to man

Magazine article by Dr Christopher Chapman, 2016

Christopher Chapman looks at influences and insight in the formative years of Arthur Boyd.

The Jester (self portrait)

Bloodlines

Magazine article by Michelle Fracaro, 2004

Michelle Fracaro describes Lionel Lindsay's woodcut The Jester (self-portrait).

Fiona McMonagle, 2016 by Mark Mohell

Fiona McMonagle

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Fiona aims to create a dangerous situation with a flood of water on the paper, forcing each work to the point where it can fail, and then rescuing it.

Nannultera, a young cricketer of the Natives' Training Institution, Poonindie , 1854 John Michael Crossland

The catechist and the cricketer

Magazine article by Stephen Valambras Graham, 2021

Stephen Valambras Graham traverses the intriguing socio-political terrain behind two iconic First Nations portraits of the 1850s.

Cachasunghia, Osage Warrior 1804–06 by Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin

Political profiles

Magazine article by Joanna Gilmour, 2016

Joanna Gilmour examines the prolific output of Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, and discovers the risk of taking a portrait at face value.

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