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Portrait of Brenda Niall

Dr Brenda Niall AO

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

Portrait of Brenda Niall

Portrait of Brenda Niall

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

blood/memory: Brenda & Christopher I (Gurindji/Malngin/Mudburra; Mara/Ngarrindjeri/Ritharrngu; Anglo-Australian/Chinese/German/Irish/Scottish) 2021

blood/memory: Brenda & Christopher I (Gurindji/Malngin/Mudburra; Mara/Ngarrindjeri/Ritharrngu; Anglo-Australian/Chinese/German/Irish/Scottish) 2021

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

blood/memory: Brenda & Christopher I (Gurindji/Malngin/Mudburra; Mara/Ngarrindjeri/Ritharrngu; Anglo-Australian/Chinese/German/Irish/Scottish) 2021

Brenda L Croft

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

Brenda L Croft and Dr Matilda House

In Conversation

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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

Matilda (Ngambri/Ngunnawal), 2019

blood/memory: Brenda & Christopher I (Gurindji/Malngin/Mudburra; Mara/Ngarrindjeri/Ritharrngu; Anglo-Australian/Chinese/German/Irish/Scottish) 2021, 2022 Brenda L Croft, Prue Hazelgrove (Photographic Assistant)

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)

Russell Page in Venice, 1997 Brenda L Croft

Russell Page in Venice

Russell Page in Venice, 1997 Brenda L Croft

Russell Page in Venice

Russell Page in Venice, 1997 Brenda L Croft

Russell Page in Venice

Men of High Degree: Jim Everett – puralia meenamatta (clan plangermairreenner, Ben Lomond people, Cape Portland nation, north-east Tasmania), 2023 Brenda L Croft, Prue Hazelgrove (Wet plate collodion process technical assistant)

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)

Russell Page in Venice

Russell Page in Venice

Russell Page in Venice

Russell Page in Venice, 1997

Portrait, triptych of type C photographs on paper

Purchased 2002

Matilda (Ngambri/Ngunnawal), 2019 Brenda L Croft

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)

Men of High Degree: Kev Carmody (Bundjalung/Lama Lama Peoples)

Men of High Degree: Kev Carmody (Bundjalung/Lama Lama Peoples)

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)

Matilda (Ngambri)

Matilda (Ngambri)

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

Linda Burney, Brenda Croft and Darrell Sibosado share memories of Michael Riley and his photographic practice.

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