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The Burke and Wills Monument

Robert O'Hara Burke

Robert O'Hara Burke (1821-1861), explorer, came to Australia in 1853 and joined the Victorian police force.

4 portraits in the collection

Governor Sir Robert Duff with Lady Duff, Lord Hopetoun and Vice-Regal Party

Sir Robert William Duff

Sir Robert William Duff (1835–1895) was governor of New South Wales from May 1893 until March 1895.

2 portraits in the collection

James Robert Millar Robertson

James Robert M. Robertson

James Robert M. Robertson (1844-1932), mining engineer and coal magnate, was the son of a Scottish surgeon and colliery owner, and qualified in medicine himself before opting for a career in mining.

1 portrait in the collection

Robert Hughes

Robert Hughes

Robert Hughes

Robert Hughes, 1996

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 1999

Robert Haines

Robert Haines

Robert Haines

Robert Haines, n.d.

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Gift of Danina Dupain Anderson 2018. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Sir Robert Menzies

Sir Robert Menzies

Sir Robert Menzies

Sir Robert Menzies, c. 1966

Portrait, cast plaster

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Emeritus Professor Colin A Hughes 2015

Robert Hannaford

Robert Hannaford

Robert Hannaford

Robert Hannaford, 2005

Portrait, inkjet print on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of R. Ian Lloyd 2010
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program

Guy Stuart, January 1979

Guy Stuart, January 1979

Guy Stuart, January 1979

Guy Stuart, January 1979, 1979 (printed 2012)

Portrait, inkjet print on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2012

Reg Grundy

Reg Grundy

Reg Grundy

Reg Grundy, c. 1988 (printed 2017)

Robert McFarlane

Portrait, inkjet print on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2017

Leo McKern as Dad Rudd

Leo McKern as Dad Rudd

Leo McKern as Dad Rudd

Leo McKern as Dad Rudd, 1994 (printed 2020)

Robert McFarlane

Portrait, inkjet print on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2020

Tim Flannery

Tim Flannery

Tim Flannery

Tim Flannery, 2006

Robert Hannaford AM

Portrait, oil on canvas

Gift of Professor Tim Flannery 2016. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Reg Livermore, Pitt Street, Sydney

Reg Livermore, Pitt Street, Sydney

Reg Livermore, Pitt Street, Sydney

Reg Livermore, Pitt Street, Sydney, 1965 (printed 2020)

Robert McFarlane

Portrait, inkjet print on paper

Purchased 2020

Wylie (from John Edward Eyre's 'Journals of Expeditions of Discovery into Central Australia, and overland from Adelaide to King George's Sound, in 1840-1')

Wylie (from John Edward Eyre's 'Journals of Expeditions of Discovery into Central Australia, and overland from Adelaide to King George's Sound, in 1840-1')

Wylie (from John Edward Eyre's 'Journals of Expeditions of Discovery into Central Australia, and overland from Adelaide to King George's Sound, in 1840-1')

Wylie (from John Edward Eyre's 'Journals of Expeditions of Discovery into Central Australia, and overland from Adelaide to King George's Sound, in 1840-1'), 1840-1841

Portrait, steel engraving with later hand-colouring on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2018

Tim Flannery by Robert Hannaford video: 3 minutes and 21 seconds

Tim Flannery by Robert Hannaford

'The space around'

Tim Flannery and artist Robert Hannaford discuss the creation of Tim's portrait.

James Robert Millar Robertson

James Robert Millar Robertson

James Robert Millar Robertson

James Robert Millar Robertson, 1926

Portrait, oil on canvas

Gift of the descendants of James Robert Millar Robertson 2011

Robert H. Black MD

Robert Hughes Black ED BS FRACP

Robert Hughes Black ED MD DTM&H Dip Anth FRACP (1917-1988) was a world authority on malaria and Professor of Tropical Medicine in the Commonwealth Institute of Health, University of Sydney, for twenty years.

1 portrait in the collection

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