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Jack Mundey AO
Biography
Jack Mundey AO (1929–2020), union activist, is credited with preventing the demolition of much of inner Sydney’s built heritage in the 1970s and 1980s.
3 portraits in the collection
Jack Mundey, 1997
Lewis Morley
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2007
Jack Mundey, 1974
Frank Hinder
Portrait, fibre-tipped pen, watercolour on paper
Gift of HOTA (Home of the Arts), Gold Coast 2019 with the encouragement of Patrick Corrigan AM
Jack Mundey, 1985
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Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2013
The activist A-list
Magazine article by Dr Sarah Engledow, 2007
Dr Sarah Engledow examines a number of figures in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery who were pioneers or substantial supporters of the seminal Australian environmental campaigns of the early 1970s and 1980s.
Jack Charles
Biography
Jack Charles (1943–2022) was a revered Wiradjuri, Boon Warrung, Dja Dja Wurrung, Woiwurrung and Yorta Yorta Elder, activist, actor, musician and artist.
1 portrait in the collection
Jack Purtell
Biography
Jack Purtell (1921-2017), jockey, had his first ride at the age of fifteen.
1 portrait in the collection
Sir Jack Brabham OBE
Biography
Sir Jack Brabham OBE (1926-2014), racing car driver, was born in Hurstville, NSW, and studied mechanical engineering before working as a mechanic for the RAAF during WW2.
2 portraits in the collection
Jack Charles
In their own words
In their own words
Recorded 2022
Jack Thompson AM
Biography
Jack Thompson AM (b. 1940) is an actor and the face of the 1970s Australian film renaissance.
3 portraits in the collection
Rod McNicol and Jack Charles
'We're village elders on Smith Street'
Portrait story
Rod and Jack on the series of portraits they created together.
Jack Charles, 2011
Rod McNicol
Portrait, inkjet print on paper
Purchased 2013
Jack Thompson, 2013
Dr Julie Dowling
Portrait, synthetic polymer paint and red ochre on canvas
Purchased 2015
Jack, 2012
by Julie Sundberg
Image
Jack Purtell, n.d.
John Frith
Portrait, plasticine maquette
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the Frith family 2013
Jack Brabham, 2004
Julie Edgar
Portrait, cast bronze on granite plinth
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased with funds provided by L Gordon Darling AC CMG 2005