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Support system, 2018
by Madeline Bishop
Image
Where does your body end and mine begin?
Madeline Bishop
Image
Mervyn Bishop
Biography
Mervyn Bishop (b. 1945), a Murri photographer, began a cadetship with the Sydney Morning Herald in 1963.
6 portraits in the collection
Michael and The Message, 2012
by Adele Bishop
Image
Alan Bishop Stretton AO OBE LLB
Biography
Alan Bishop Stretton AO OBE LLB (1922-2012) enlisted in the Australian Army in 1940 as a private and retired as a Major-General in 1978 being one of the few Australian generals to rise from the ranks.
1 portrait in the collection
Jimmy Little, Dubbo Reconciliation Group Event, 2000
Mervyn Bishop
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2001
Lionel Rose, World Champion Bantam Weight Boxer before departing to the USA to defend his title, 1968 (printed 2008)
Mervyn Bishop
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Purchased 2008
Anthony Mundine, 1992 (printed 2008)
Mervyn Bishop
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Purchased 2008
Professor John Bishop, c. 1963 (printed 2018)
Robert McFarlane
Portrait, inkjet print on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2018
Major General Alan Stretton, 1987
Gwendolene Pratt
Portrait, oil on canvas laid on composition board
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the Stretton family 1999
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program
Aden Ridgeway & pallbearers entering Sydney Town Hall, State Funeral for Kwementyaye Perkins AO, 25th October 2000, 2000
Mervyn Bishop
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Purchased 2001
Prime Minister Gough Whitlam pours soil into the hand of traditional land owner Vincent Lingiari, 1975
Mervyn Bishop
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Purchased 2000
Kath Walker (Oodgeroo Noonuccal) and Lowitja O’Donoghue at the opening of the inaugural National Aboriginal Conference, Canberra, 1978 (printed 2014)
Mervyn Bishop
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Purchased 2015
Bishop Spong, 2006
by Marina Dearnley
Image
The Right Reverend Lord Bishop of Melbourne (Dr. Charles Perry), 1876
Thomas Atkinson, Samuel Mullen after Henry Weigall Jnr
Portrait, mezzotint on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2009
The Bishop of Sydney DD (Alfred Barry), 1884
Albert Fradelle
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Ted and Gina Gregg 2012