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Shane Warne

Flash

Australian Athletes in Focus

Previous exhibition, 2006

Introduction The National Portrait Gallery’s photographic exhibition Flash: Australian Athletes in Focus explores various interpretations of Australian sporting men and women.

John Newcombe

John Newcombe

John Newcombe

John Newcombe, 2006

Portrait, type C photograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2006

Tony Roche and Ivan Lendl

Tony Roche and Ivan Lendl

Tony Roche and Ivan Lendl

Tony Roche and Ivan Lendl, 1986

Portrait, watercolour, crayon, coloured pencil and gouache on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2001

Tony Roche, Harry Hopman and John Newcombe

Tony Roche, Harry Hopman and John Newcombe

Tony Roche, Harry Hopman and John Newcombe

Tony Roche, Harry Hopman and John Newcombe,

Ern McQuillan OAM

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2003

John Newcombe and family

John Newcombe and family

John Newcombe and family

John Newcombe and family, 1973

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2003
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program

Tony Roche and Ivan Lendl

Tony Roche

Tony Roche, a left-hander with a fine backhand volley who was twice ranked No 2 in the world, was born the son of a Tarcutta butcher in 1945.

2 portraits in the collection

The tennis player (Ken Rosewall)

Ken Rosewall AM MBE

Ken Rosewall AM MBE (b. 1934), champion tennis player, won the Australian Open in 1953 and again nineteen years later in 1972 (he remains both the youngest, and oldest, person to win the title).

1 portrait in the collection

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