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Portrait of TERROIR, 2009 by Brett Boardman

TERROIR

General content

TERROIR directors Gerard Reinmuth, Scott Balmforth and Richard Blythe believe that the practice of architecture is the production of knowledge.

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Darren McDonald

Darren McDonald gained his Bachelor of Fine Arts (Painting) degree from RMIT in 2000, having completed an associate diploma in painting at the same institution.

1 portrait in the collection

Angus Young, AC/DC, LA

Oz Rock

Gettin’ robbed, gettin’ stoned, gettin’ beat up, broken boned

General content

Two of the music industry’s highest-selling performers originated in suburban Australia. The Bee Gees started out in Brisbane, for instance, and AC/DC played their first gigs at a nightclub in inner Sydney.

Rosie Batty

Rosie Batty AO

Rosie Batty AO (b. 1962), campaigner against family violence, became well known to the Australian public in early 2014, when her eleven-year-old son Luke was murdered by his father as she stood waiting to take him home from cricket practice.

1 portrait in the collection

Charlie, 2017 by Lee Grant

National Photographic Portrait Prize 2018

Archived media releases 2018

Images for media use will be available from 8 March 2018.

Professor Derek Denton

Professor Derek Denton

Professor Derek Denton

Professor Derek Denton, 2009

Portrait, pastel on paper

Gift of Professor Derek Denton AC and Dame Margaret Scott AC 2014. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Rosie Batty

Rosie Batty

Rosie Batty

Rosie Batty, 2017

Portrait, type C photograph on paper

Commissioned with funds provided by the Circle of Friends 2017

Living Memory panel discussion

Panel discussion

First broadcast on Saturday 31 July

General content

A dynamic panel discussion that interrogates some of the themes revealed in Living Memory.

Isabella Louisa Parry

Isabella Louisa Parry

Isabella Louisa Parry

Isabella Louisa Parry, c. 1826

an unknown artist

Portrait, watercolour on ivory

Purchased 2014

David Malouf

2012-13 Acquisition Fund

The Circle of Friends Acquisition Fund for 2012 was dedicated to purchasing a portrait of David Malouf by Rick Amor.

Lisa McCune

Lisa McCune

In their own words

In their own words

Recorded 2022

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George Baird Shaw

George Baird Shaw (1812-1883), painter and printmaker, arrived in Australia in 1856.

2 portraits in the collection

Bernie McGann

Bernie McGann

Bernie McGann

Bernie McGann, 1999

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph, selenium toned on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 1999

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Johnny Warren OAM MBE

Johnny Warren OAM MBE (1943-2004), footballer, football administrator and commentator, grew up in southern Sydney where he played his first games of soccer, as his game was then known, for the Botany Methodists.

1 portrait in the collection

A Collins Street Surgeon

James G. Beaney

James George Beaney (1828–1891), doctor and philanthropist, completed an apprenticeship to a surgeon in his home town of Canterbury, Kent, before leaving to study medicine at the University of Edinburgh.

1 portrait in the collection

A Collins Street Surgeon

A Collins Street Surgeon

A Collins Street Surgeon

A Collins Street Surgeon "Patients and Diamonds" [Dr Beaney F.R.C.S.], 1874

Tom Durkin, The Weekly Times

Portrait, lithograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2016

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