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Caroline Chisholm
Biography
Caroline Chisholm (1808–1877), philanthropist and political agitator, spent almost two decades working to improve conditions for immigrants to Australia.
2 portraits in the collection
Portrait of Caroline Chisholm, c. 1851
an unknown artist
Portrait, engraving on paper
Purchased 2001
Caroline Chisholm, 1853
J B. Hunt after Antoine François Jean Claudet
Portrait, steel engraving on paper
Purchased 2015
An evening at Yarra Cottage, Port Stephens, 1857
Maria Brownrigg
Portrait, watercolour and collage on paper
Purchased 2017
Caroline Pileggi
Biography
Weightlifter Caroline Pileggi (b. 1977) represented Australia at the Sydney 2000 Olympics, and went on to win three medals - a gold and two silvers - at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in the Women's Over-75kg class.
2 portraits in the collection
Caroline Jones AO
Biography
Caroline Jones AO (1938–2022), journalist and broadcaster, joined the ABC in 1963 and five years later became Australia's first female current affairs reporter when she began working on This Day Tonight.
2 portraits in the collection
Man with two lives
Caroline Zilinsky
Image
Heiress to the Pied Piper, 2019
Caroline Zilinsky
Image
Caroline Pileggi
Toni Wilkinson
Image
Caroline Pileggi, 2005
Toni Wilkinson
Portrait, inkjet print
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2006
Caroline Jones, 1978
David Campbell
Portrait, oil on canvas
Gift of Elizabeth Campbell-MacKenzie on behalf of the family of David Campbell 2012
Caroline Jones, 2009
Salvatore Zofrea OAM
Portrait, oil on canvas
Gift of the artist 2009
Athletes (Sally Robbins, Cathryn Fitzpatrick, Caroline Pileggi, Lorian Graham, Sharon Anyos), 2005-2006
Toni Wilkinson
Portrait, 5 inkjet prints
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2006
Aborigines at Oyster Cove, Tasmania, 1858 (printed 1890s)
Francis Nixon
Portrait, glass plate negative
Purchased 2011
The Aboriginal community of Lake Tyers, Gippsland, c. 1890
an unknown artist
Portrait, albumen silver photograph on paper on card
Purchased 2010
Good, bad and the ugly
Magazine article by Michael Desmond, 2007
Michael Desmond explores what makes a portrait subject significant.