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Dr Brenda Niall AO
Biography
Brenda Niall AO (b. 1930), writer, academic and reviewer, is one of Australia's foremost biographers.
1 portrait in the collection
Portrait of Brenda Niall, 1997
Judy Cassab AO CBE
Portrait, oil on canvas laid on composition board
Gift of Dr Brenda Niall AO 2019. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
blood/memory: Brenda & Christopher I (Gurindji/Malngin/Mudburra; Mara/Ngarrindjeri/Ritharrngu; Anglo-Australian/Chinese/German/Irish/Scottish) 2021, 2022 (printed 2023)
Brenda L Croft, Prue Hazelgrove, Richard Crampton
Portrait, original wet plate collodion process tintype, digital scan to Ultrachrome pigment on paper
Purchased 2023
Brenda L Croft
Biography
Artist, curator, lecturer and writer, Brenda L. Croft (born 1964) is from the Gurindji/Malngin/Mudburra peoples from the Victoria River region in the Northern Territory, and also has Anglo-Australian/German/Irish/Chinese/Scottish heritage.
5 portraits in the collection
Brenda L Croft and Dr Matilda House
In Conversation
General content
Brenda L Croft (Gurindji/Malngin/Mudburra peoples) talks with Ngambri/Ngunnawal/Wiradjuri elder, Dr Matilda House, about her photographic portrait.
Matilda (Ngambri/Ngunnawal), 2019
Brenda L Croft
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blood/memory: Brenda & Christopher I (Gurindji/Malngin/Mudburra; Mara/Ngarrindjeri/Ritharrngu; Anglo-Australian/Chinese/German/Irish/Scottish) 2021
Brenda L Croft, Prue Hazelgrove (Photographic Assistant)
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Russell Page in Venice
Brenda L Croft
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Russell Page in Venice
Brenda L Croft
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Russell Page in Venice
Brenda L Croft
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Men of High Degree: Jim Everett – puralia meenamatta (clan plangermairreenner, Ben Lomond people, Cape Portland nation, north-east Tasmania)
Brenda L Croft, Prue Hazelgrove (Wet plate collodion process technical assistant)
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Russell Page in Venice, 1997
Brenda L Croft
Portrait, triptych of type C photographs on paper
Purchased 2002
Observation point
Magazine article by Brenda L Croft, 2022
I have known Dr Aunty Matilda House, Ngambri Elder, Traditional Custodian and Cultural Knowledge Holder, since I was a child.
Men of High Degree: Kev Carmody (Bundjalung/Lama Lama Peoples), 2023
Brenda L Croft, Prue Hazelgrove, Richard Crampton
Portrait, original wet plate collodion process tintype, digital scan to Ultrachrome pigment on paper
Purchased 2023
Matilda (Ngambri), 2020
Brenda L Croft, Prue Hazelgrove, Richard Crampton
Portrait, inkjet print (from original tintype, wet plate collodion process) on paper
Purchased with funds provided by The Calvert-Jones Foundation 2020
Michael Riley's portraits
Portrait story
Linda Burney, Brenda Croft and Darrell Sibosado share memories of Michael Riley and his photographic practice.