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Rachel, 2021
Thea Anamara Perkins
Portrait, synthetic polymer paint on gessoboard
Purchased 2022
Rachel Perkins
Biography
Arrernte/Kalkadoon woman Rachel Perkins (b. 1970) is the daughter of First Nations activists Eileen and Charlie Perkins.
1 portrait in the collection
Charles Perkins with Eileen Perkins, 1964 (printed 2021)
Robert McFarlane
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Purchased with funds provided by Tim Bednall 2021
Charles and Adam, 1990 (printed 2013)
Michael Riley
Portrait, inkjet print on paper
Purchased 2013
Adam Perkins
Biography
Adam Perkins, an Arrernte and Kalkadoon man, is the son of Indigenous rights campaigner and bureaucrat Charles Perkins AO.
1 portrait in the collection
Eileen Perkins
Biography
Eileen Perkins is a descendant of one of Adelaide's prominent German Lutheran families.
1 portrait in the collection
Hetti Perkins
Biography
Hetti Perkins (b. 1965), Arrernte and Kalkadoon curator, cultural adviser, writer and activist, began her career at the Sydney gallery of Aboriginal Arts Australia before joining the Boomalli Aboriginal Artists Cooperative as a curator.
1 portrait in the collection
Charles Perkins AO
Biography
Charles Perkins AO (1936–2000) was an Indigenous rights campaigner and bureaucrat.
6 portraits in the collection
Rachel Griffiths AM
Biography
Rachel Griffiths (b. 1968) studied education at Victoria College before working with the community theatre group Woolly Jumpers, Inc.
1 portrait in the collection
Rachel Roxburgh
Biography
Rachel Roxburgh (1915–1991), artist, conservationist and architectural historian, grew up in Sydney's eastern suburbs and studied art at East Sydney Technical College and the Adelaide Perry Art School in the 1930s.
1 portrait in the collection
Taking the waters, 2018
by Rachel Peachey
Image
Before dark (Metamorphosis)
Rachel Gregg
Image
Max
Rachel Mounsey
Image
Thea Anamara Perkins
Biography
Thea Anamara Perkins (b. 1992) is an Arrernte/Kalkadoon artist whose practice incorporates portraiture and landscape to depict authentic representations of First Nations peoples and Country.
1 portrait in the collection
Charles Perkins on bus to Tranby Aboriginal College, Glebe, c. 1964 (printed 2015)
Robert McFarlane
Portrait, inkjet print on paper
Purchased 1999
Charles Perkins on bus to Tranby Aboriginal College, Glebe, c. 1964 (printed 2003)
Robert McFarlane
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Gift of Patrick Corrigan AM 2013. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.