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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.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are warned that this website contains images of deceased persons.

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Dora Byrne

Dora was the fourth child of Doretta and Stuart Alexander, her father the owner of a farming property near Albury, New South Wales.

1 portrait in the collection

Mel Gibson

Mel Gibson AO

Mel Gibson (b. 1956), actor, was born in New York state, the sixth of eleven children of a railroad brakeman and an Australian opera singer.

1 portrait in the collection

Tim Storrier

Tim Storrier

Tim Storrier AM (b. 1949), painter, studied at the National Art School from 1967 to 1969.

4 portraits in the collection

Portrait of Jill Neville

Jill Neville

Jill Neville (1932–1997), writer and critic, grew up in Sydney and attended a Blue Mountains boarding school.

1 portrait in the collection

Dr Hugh Kingsley Ward

Hugh Kingsley Ward

Hugh Kingsley Ward MC (1887-1972), bacteriologist, was educated at Sydney Grammar and the University of Sydney before being awarded the Rhodes Scholarship in 1911 and proceeding to Oxford.

1 portrait in the collection

Magda Szubanski

Magda Szubanski

Magda Szubanski

Magda Szubanski, 1997 (printed 2021)

Jacqueline Mitelman

Portrait, inkjet print on paper

Purchased with funds provided by Jillian Broadbent AC 2021

Tim Storrier

Tim Storrier

Tim Storrier

Tim Storrier, 1995

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Gift of Patrick Corrigan AM 2004. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Charlie, 2017 by Lee Grant

National Photographic Portrait Prize 2018

Previous exhibition, 2018

The exhibition is selected from a national field of entries, reflecting the distinctive vision of Australia's aspiring and professional portrait photographers and the unique nature of their subjects.

Bart Willoughby

Bart Willoughby

Bart Willoughby

Bart Willoughby, c. 2000

Portrait, type C photograph on paper

Gift of the artist 2004

Bart Willoughby (No Fixed Address) at 'The National Land Rights Action' march

Bart Willoughby (No Fixed Address) at 'The National Land Rights Action' march

Bart Willoughby (No Fixed Address) at 'The National Land Rights Action' march

Bart Willoughby (No Fixed Address) at 'The National Land Rights Action' march, 1982

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Gift of the artist 2021. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

James Morrison with flugelhorn

James Morrison with flugelhorn

James Morrison with flugelhorn

James Morrison with flugelhorn, 1994

Portrait, oil and hand-stitching on canvas

Purchased 1999 . Courtesy of the Corrigan family and Stuart Purves.

Portrait of Tam Purves

Portrait of Tam Purves

Portrait of Tam Purves

Portrait of Tam Purves, 1958

Portrait, oil on canvas

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2012

The Dance - David McAllister

The Dance - David McAllister

The Dance - David McAllister

The Dance - David McAllister, 2016

Peter Brew-Bevan

Portrait, inkjet print on paper

Commissioned with funds provided by The Stuart Leslie Foundation 2016

Magda Szubanski

Magda Szubanski AO

Magda Szubanski AO (b. 1961), actor and writer, was born in Liverpool, England and moved to Australia when she was four.

1 portrait in the collection

John Coburn

John Coburn

John Coburn

John Coburn, 1974

Portrait, oil on canvas

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the Liibus family 2015

Sketchbook journal for the commission portrait

Sketchbook journal for the commission portrait

Sketchbook journal for the commission portrait

Sketchbook journal for the commission portrait "The Dance - David McAllister", 2016

Peter Brew-Bevan

Portrait, 48 page journal with 25 illustrated pages in pencil, pastel, ink and collage of printed images with masking tape

Commissioned with funds provided by The Stuart Leslie Foundation 2016

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