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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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Bob Brown

In defence of the 'leech ridden ditch'

Bob Brown discusses the events that occurred during the Franklin River campaign as depicted in his portrait by Harold 'The Kangaroo' Thornton.

Bryan Brown

Bryan Brown

Bryan Brown

Bryan Brown, 2008

Portrait, inkjet print on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2013

Litja Brown

Litja Brown

Litja Brown

Litja Brown, 2021

Robert Fielding

Portrait, inkjet print on paper

Purchased with funds provided by the Annual Appeal for Contemporary Australian Photography 2022

Reverend George Brown DD

Reverend George Brown DD

Reverend George Brown DD

Reverend George Brown DD, 1905

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on studio card inside studio folder

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Nancy Joyce 2014

L. Gordon Darling AC CMG

L Gordon Darling AC CMG

L. Gordon Darling AC CMG (1921-2015), former company director, was the Founding Patron of the National Portrait Gallery.

2 portraits in the collection

Gordon Andrews at Lovett Bay NSW

Gordon Andrews

Gordon Andrews (1914-2001) was one of Australia's foremost industrial designers.

3 portraits in the collection

L. Gordon Darling AC CMG

L. Gordon Darling AC CMG

Archived media releases 2015

The Chairman, Board, Director and all the Staff of the National Portrait Gallery mourn the loss of our Founding Patron, who died peacefully in Melbourne this morning. He was 94.

Gordon Shepherdson

Gordon Shepherdson

Gordon Shepherdson (b. 1934), painter, was a student of Molvig's and Sibley's in Brisbane.

1 portrait in the collection

Dorothy Gordon

Dorothy Gordon OBE

Dorothy Gordon (Jenner) OBE, ‘Andrea’ (1891-1985), actress, dressmaker, stuntwoman, journalist, radio broadcaster and charity fundraiser, grew up on a property near Narrabri and attended boarding school in Sydney before gaining a part as a chorus girl in Girl in a Train in Melbourne in 1912.

2 portraits in the collection

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Gordon Glenn

Gordon Glenn worked as an assistant cameraman on the television show Homicide before becoming the stills photographer for the pioneering Australian journal Cinema Papers.

3 portraits in the collection

Gordon Watson

Gordon Watson AM

Gordon Watson AM (1921-1999), pianist and teacher, taught at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music from 1964 to 1986 and was head of its keyboard department when he retired.

1 portrait in the collection

Gordon Andrews, Lovett Bay, Sydney

Gordon Andrews

In their own words

In their own words

Recorded 1974

Elizabeth

Darling Portrait Prize

Previous exhibition, 2020

The Darling Prize is a new biennial prize for Australian portrait painters, painting Australian sitters. The winner receives a cash prize of $75,000.

Robert Brown

Robert Brown

Robert Brown

Robert Brown, 1850

Thomas Herbert Maguire

Portrait, lithograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2013

Mike Brown and Liz Land in Kitchen

Mike Brown and Liz Land in Kitchen

Mike Brown and Liz Land in Kitchen

Mike Brown and Liz Land in Kitchen, 1993

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2004

Dr Brown and Green Old Time Waltz

Where the wild things are

Magazine article by Michael Desmond, 2009

Michael Desmond explores the complex portrait of Dr Bob Brown by Harold 'The Kangaroo' Thornton.

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