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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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Maria Windeyer

Maria Windeyer

Maria Windeyer

Maria Windeyer, c. 1865-1868

Freeman Brothers after Edwin Dalton

Portrait, albumen paper carte de visite on brown paper studio folder

Gift of J.B. Windeyer 2018

Sir James Martin

Sir James Martin

Sir James Martin

Sir James Martin, c. 1880s

Henry Samuel Sadd after Freeman Brothers

Portrait, mezzotint on paper

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

Scrapbook page featuring portraits of Fred Lowry and Frank Gardiner

Scrapbook page featuring portraits of Fred Lowry and Frank Gardiner

Scrapbook page featuring portraits of Fred Lowry and Frank Gardiner

Scrapbook page featuring portraits of Fred Lowry and Frank Gardiner, c. 1863

an unknown artist, Freeman Brothers

Portrait, albumen silver photographs on laid on paper with handwritten text

Purchased 2008

William Lamb, Baron Melbourne

William Lamb, Baron Melbourne

William Lamb, Baron Melbourne

William Lamb, Baron Melbourne, 1832

Samuel Freeman, Fisher, Son & Co London after Sir Thomas Lawrence

Portrait, engraving on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Ted and Gina Gregg 2012

The First Ministry under Responsible Government in New South Wales

The First Ministry under Responsible Government in New South Wales

The First Ministry under Responsible Government in New South Wales

The First Ministry under Responsible Government in New South Wales, 1856

Freeman Brothers

Portrait, albumen silver photograph

Purchased with funds provided by L Gordon Darling AC CMG 2009

William Macleay

William Macleay

William Macleay

William Macleay, 1885

William Macleod after Freeman Brothers

Portrait, lithograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2014

Dawn Fraser

Out of the blocks

Early sporting fame

General content

Dawn Fraser, Lionel Rose, Shane Gould and Cathy Freeman

image not online

Study "Radical Restraint: A Portrait of Michael Kirby", 1998

Ralph Heimans AM

Portrait, pencil and crayon on paper

Gift of the artist 2001

Lady Angel Dreamland Luna Park St Kilda, 2019 Cathy Staughton

Lady Angel Dreamland Luna Park St Kilda

Cathy Staughton

Day of Birthday God Death Grandmother 82 RIP Goodbye Sad Mum Died, 2019 Cathy Staughton

Day of Birthday God Death Grandmother 82 RIP Goodbye Sad Mum Died

Cathy Staughton

Kerrie Lester

Kerrie Lester

Kerrie Lester (1953–2016) became well-known as a portraitist for her playful, textured, highly coloured works that appeared regularly in the Archibald and Portia Geach exhibitions of the late 1980s and the 1990s.

6 portraits in the collection

Tim Rogers (You Am I)

Tim Rogers (You Am I)

Tim Rogers (You Am I)

Tim Rogers (You Am I), 1995

Montalbetti + Campbell

Portrait, type C photograph on paper

Gift of the artists 2003

Russell Hopkinson (You Am I)

Russell Hopkinson (You Am I)

Russell Hopkinson (You Am I)

Russell Hopkinson (You Am I), 1995

Montalbetti + Campbell

Portrait, type C photograph on paper

Gift of the artists 2003

Andy Kent (You Am I)

Andy Kent (You Am I)

Andy Kent (You Am I)

Andy Kent (You Am I), 1995

Montalbetti + Campbell

Portrait, type C photograph on paper

Gift of the artists 2003

Fred Hollows

Fred Hollows

Fred Hollows

Fred Hollows, 1993

Portrait, oil and hand-stitching on canvas

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 1999
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program

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Darby McCarthy OAM

Richard 'Darby' McCarthy OAM (1945–2020), former jockey who rode in three Melbourne Cups and won more than 1000 races, is a proud descendant of the Mithaka and Goongurri people of south-west and central Queensland.

1 portrait in the collection

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