Christine Anu (b. 1970), singer/songwriter and actor, was born in Cairns, Queensland.
1 portrait in the collection
Amy Christine Rivett (1891–1962), doctor, contributed greatly to medicine and women's health.
1 portrait in the collection
Christine Audrey Pecket (1908–1996), artist, was three years old when her family emigrated to Sydney from Yorkshire.
2 portraits in the collection
David Moore was a photographer who helped to establish the Australian Centre for Photography in Sydney with colleague Wesley Stacey.
115 portraits in the collection
Helge Jon Molvig was born and grew up in Newcastle, where he left school at thirteen and worked in a garage and at the steelworks.
6 portraits in the collection
Richard Roxburgh (b. 1962), actor, completed an economics degree at the Australian National University before gaining a place at NIDA on his second attempt.
2 portraits in the collection
Paul Partos (1943-2002) came to Australia with his family in 1949, spending six months in a Perth orphanage before being reunited with his parents for their move to Melbourne.
1 portrait in the collection
Elizabeth Barden (b. 1965) grew up in Brisbane and gained a diploma in art teaching from Queensland University of Technology in 1985.
1 portrait in the collection
The Warumpi Band burst onto the Australian music scene in 1984 with the release of their first album Big Name, No Blankets.
2 portraits in the collection
Paul Kelly AO (b. 1955), singer/songwriter and producer, grew up in Adelaide and made his performing debut in Hobart in 1974.
5 portraits in the collection
Lewis Morley (1925–2013) established his reputation as one of the key British photographers of the 1960s and is known for his iconic image of a nude Christine Keeler straddling an Arne Jacobsen chair.
50 portraits in the collection
Neil Murray (b. 1956), singer/songwriter, grew up in country Victoria, studied art and became a teacher.
2 portraits in the collection
Robert Campbell Junior, urban Aboriginal artist, was a Ngaku/Dhunghutti man who grew up in Kempsey, New South Wales.
1 portrait in the collection
Marea Gazzard AM (1928–2013), ceramic artist, trained at the East Sydney Technical College and London Central School for Arts and Craft.
3 portraits in the collection
Russell Page (1968–2002), choreographer, dancer and actor, was from the Nunukul (Noonuccal) people and the Munaldjali clan of the Yugambeh people of south-east Queensland.
5 portraits in the collection
Dr Sarah Engledow was appointed Historian at the National Portrait Gallery in 1999.