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Eleanor Dark

Eleanor Dark

In their own words
In their own words

Recorded 1960 or 1961

Eleanor Dark
Eleanor Dark
Eleanor Dark

Eleanor Dark, c. 1935 (printed 1940)

Max Dupain OBE
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Purchased with funds provided by Timothy Fairfax AC 2003

Eleanor Wingate (née Rouse)
Eleanor Wingate (née Rouse)
Eleanor Wingate (née Rouse)

Eleanor Wingate (née Rouse), c. 1850

an unknown artist
Portrait, hand coloured photograph

Gift of Pamela Glasson 2009
Collected by Leila Haigh (nee Rouse)

John Sumner
John Sumner
John Sumner

John Sumner, 1984

Eleanor Constance Gude
Portrait, watercolour on paper

Gift of Professor David Phillips 2023

Before dark (Metamorphosis), 2020 Rachel Gregg

Before dark (Metamorphosis)

Rachel Gregg
Image

Dark Learning (act 9)

by Jacobus Capone
General content

Finalist, MDPA 2015

The Dark Current, 2023 Angela Tiatia

The Dark Current

Angela Tiatia
Image
Charlotte Dark, 2009 by Michael Miller

Charlotte Dark, 2009

by Michael Miller
Image
Alexander Maurice Ramsay
Alexander Maurice Ramsay
Alexander Maurice Ramsay

Alexander Maurice Ramsay, 1978

Robert Hannaford AM
Portrait, oil on composition board

Gift of Janet, Andrew, Kathryn and Eleanor Ramsay, daughters and son of Alexander Maurice Ramsay and Amy Jane Ramsay 2010. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Dragonflies, 2021 Petrina Hicks

Dragonflies

Petrina Hicks
Image
Monochromatic Self-Portrait, 2000 by Genevieve Preston

Headspace 1

Previous exhibition, 2000

Headspace showcases portrait art produced by secondary students from Year 7 to Year 12 in Government, Catholic and Independent schools in Canberra and its surrounding regions extending to Wollongong, Deniliquin, Leeton, Crookwell, Bombala, Narooma and Albury

Self portrait in lockdown, 2021 Paul Newton

Self portrait in lockdown

Paul Newton
Image
Opening of the First Legislative Council of Victoria by Governor Charles Joseph LaTrobe at St Patrick's Hall, Bourke Street West, Melbourne November 13th 1851

Magna Carta

About Face article

On this day eight hundred years ago at Runnymede near Windsor, King John signed Magna Carta.

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