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Robert O'Hara Burke (1821-1861), explorer, came to Australia in 1853 and joined the Victorian police force.
4 portraits in the collection
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 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
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 1999
Gift of Danina Dupain Anderson 2018. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Emeritus Professor Colin A Hughes 2015
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of R. Ian Lloyd 2010
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2012
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2017
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2020
Gift of Professor Tim Flannery 2016. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Purchased 2020
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2018
Tim Flannery and artist Robert Hannaford discuss the creation of Tim's portrait.
Gift of the descendants of James Robert Millar Robertson 2011
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