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Adela Russell Walker

Adela R. Walker

Adela Russell Walker (1847–1932), the youngest of her parents' thirteen children, was born in Longford and was 22 when she married George Coleridge Nixon, who was the son of Francis Russell Nixon – an amateur artist and Anglican Bishop of Tasmania from 1843 to 1862.

1 portrait in the collection

Stephen, Russell and David Page

Bangarra brothers: songman, storyteller, dancer

Creative kin

Sir Charles Nicholson

Sir Charles Nicholson

Sir Charles Nicholson

Sir Charles Nicholson, 1898

Elliott and Fry

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Gift of Stephen Scheding and Jim Berry 2015

Nix, 2016 by Elke Meitzel

Nix, 2016

by Elke Meitzel

Maria

WHO ARE YOU

Australian portraiture

Previous exhibition, 2022

Featuring 130 works across painting, film, photography, screen printing, sculpture, and then some – it explores our inner worlds, outer selves, intimacy, isolation, celebrity and more.

Steven Heathcote

Steven Heathcote

Steven Heathcote

Steven Heathcote, 2007

Portrait, type C photograph on paper

Gift of the artist 2008

Sunny day, 2019 Dalu Zhao

Sunny day, 2019

Some lads #1

Some lads #1

Some lads #1

Some lads #1, 1986

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Gift of the artist 1998. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

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Ern McQuillan OAM

Ern McQuillan OAM (1926–2018), photographer, was born in Sydney and grew up in the inner western suburbs.

24 portraits in the collection

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Theresa Walker

Theresa Walker is acknowledged as Australia’s first female sculptor.

3 portraits in the collection

Get Wet series (Greedy Smith), 1979 Paul Worstead

Get Wet series (Greedy Smith)

Get Wet series (David Twohill), 1979 Paul Worstead

Get Wet series (David Twohill)

Get Wet series (Martin Plaza), 1979 Paul Worstead

Get Wet series (Martin Plaza)

Get Wet series (Peter O'Doherty), 1979 Paul Worstead

Get Wet series (Peter O'Doherty)

Get Wet series (Reg Mombassa), 1979 Paul Worstead

Get Wet series (Reg Mombassa)

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Paul Worstead

Paul Worstead (b. 1950) is a conceptual artist, poster maker, T-shirt and fabric designer.

2 portraits in the collection

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