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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.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are warned that this website contains images of deceased persons.

Aborigines at Oyster Cove, Tasmania
Aborigines at Oyster Cove, Tasmania
Aborigines at Oyster Cove, Tasmania

Aborigines at Oyster Cove, Tasmania, 1858 (printed 1890s)

Francis Nixon
Portrait, glass plate negative

Purchased 2011

Flora and Fauna, Giara: White Cockatoo, 2021 Luther Cora

Flora and Fauna, Giara: White Cockatoo

Luther Cora
Image
Joseph Dalton Hooker
Joseph Dalton Hooker
Joseph Dalton Hooker

Joseph Dalton Hooker, c. 1880s

an unknown artist
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased with funds provided by L Gordon Darling AC CMG 2009

Téa-Anna Parvathy Murrin – Australian cultural identity, 2023 Franca Turrin

Téa-Anna Parvathy Murrin – Australian cultural identity

Franca Turrin
Image
Mr. Zee, 2021 Luke Ray

Mr. Zee

Luke Ray
Image
The Quarry, 2022 Tajette O'Halloran

The Quarry

Tajette O'Halloran
Image
Glenn Murcutt

Glenn Murcutt

In their own words
In their own words

Recorded 2017

Prince Charles Edward Stuart, 1738 Louis Gabriel Blanchet

Prince Charles Edward Stuart

Louis Gabriel Blanchet
Image
Baron Ferdinand von Mueller
Baron Ferdinand von Mueller
Baron Ferdinand von Mueller

Baron Ferdinand von Mueller, c. 1890

Charles Troedel after Robert Wendel
Portrait, lithograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2013

Sir Joseph Banks
Sir Joseph Banks
Sir Joseph Banks

Sir Joseph Banks, c. 1788

John Raphael Smith after Sir Benjamin West
Portrait, mezzotint on paper

Purchased 2010

Paradise won, 2024 Ryan Presley

Ryan Presley: Paradise won

Current exhibition

Marri Ngarr artist Ryan Presley's site-specific commission Paradise won is prominently positioned at the Gallery’s entrance. This ambitious new work invites conversations about the ongoing legacies of colonisation and celebrates First Nations survival and autonomy.

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